title: Post-ictal blood pressure in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
abstract: A prospective study in which the effect of the post-ictal systemic blood pressure levels on the outcome following surgically treated aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in 325 patients is reported. No differentiation was made between pre-existing essential and prolonged reactive hypertension. A significant association was found between the trend for rising diastolic blood pressure levels and the tendency towards a poor outcome. There was a similar trend for rising systolic blood pressure levels which did not reach statistical significance. Patients with definite hypertension (blood pressure of 160/95 mmHg or greater) were 1.6 times as likely to have a poor outcome than were those with lower blood pressures.
authors.affiliation: Mersey Regional Department of Medical & Surgical Neurology, Walton Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chadwick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Foy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maloney
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Spillane
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*