Current Management of Intracranial Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage affects more than 25,000 Americans yearly and is most commonly caused by a ruptured, saccular, cerebral aneurysm. Current measures to evaluate and manage patients with nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage are detailed. Areas of future progress are presented. The diagnosis and treatment of intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage represent a medical and surgical emergency.
a Professor, Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery Section of Neurological Surgery Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis , Indiana.
Michael B
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Pritz
cerebral aneurysm; cerebral vasospasm; subarachnoid hemorrhage