title: Recurrent aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: incidence, timing and effects. A re-appraisal in a surgical series.
abstract: A series of 510 patients with proven aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is reported. The incidence of recurrent haemorrhage during the period awaiting surgery was 13.7%. There was no significant difference in incidence between good and poor grade patients. Following rebleeding there was an immediate mortality of 34% in good grade patients and 52% in poor grade patients. In the long term only 44.4% of good grade and 8% of poor grade patients made a good recovery following a second bleed as compared to 70.6% and 52.8% respectively for those who did not rehaemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Mersey Regional Department of Medical & Surgical Neurology, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, 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: D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*