title: Spontaneous nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage without cerebrovascular malformations in a maintenance hemodialysis patient.
abstract: Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in a dialysis patient is an uncommon occurrence and is often associated with high mortality. We report for the first time in India, a case of spontaneous nontraumatic, nonaneurysmal SAH without any cerebrovascular malformation in a maintenance hemodialysis patient, following a session of hemodialysis. The dialysis prescription needs to be modified in these patients, in order to prevent worsening of cerebral edema and progression of hemorrhage. Where available, continuous forms of renal replacement therapies, with regional anticoagulation seem to be the best option for such patients, till neurologic stabilization is achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayasurya
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, East Coast Hospital, Moolakulam, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murugesan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Priyamvada
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine and Nephrology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parameswaran
keywords: Anticoagulation; end-stage renal disease; maintenance hemodialysis; nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage