Suguru YOKOSAKO
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Appropriate treatment within 13 hours after onset may improve outcome in patients with high-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Journal Formal name:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
Abbreviation:Clin Neurol Neurosurg
ISSN code:18726968/03038467
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 230,pp.107776
Author and coauthor Ohbuchi Hidenori, Kasuya Hidetoshi, Hagiwara Shinji, Kanazawa Ryuzaburo, Yokosako Suguru, Arai Naoyuki, Takahashi Yuichi, Chernov Mikhail, Kubota Yuichi
Publication date 2023/07
Summary OBJECTIVE:This retrospective study evaluated whether earlier timing of appropriate treatment of high-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), defined as management of ruptured intracranial aneurysm (RIA) combined with required additional surgical measures for control of increased intracranial pressure (ICP), is associated with more favorable outcomes.METHODS:The study cohort comprised 253 patients with high-grade aSAH. Modified Rankin Scale score of 0-3 at 3-month follow-up after the ictus was considered as favorable outcome.RESULTS:Appropriate treatment of aSAH was completed in 205 patients (81 %), and included clipping or coiling of RIA without (64 cases) and with (141 cases) additional surgical measures for control of increased ICP (evacuation of intracranial hematoma, decompressive craniotomy, and/or cerebrospinal fluid drainage). Favorable outcome was noted significantly more often if appropriate treatment was completed within 13 h after aSAH than between 13 and 72 h (37 % vs. 17 %; adjusted P = 0.0475), which was confirmed by evaluation in the multivariate model along with other prognostic factors. Subgroup analysis revealed that completion of the appropriate treatment within 13 h was associated with more favorable outcome in those patients, who underwent management of RIA in combination with additional surgical measures for control of increased ICP (P = 0.0023), and in those, who felt into poor outcome predicting group (P = 0.0046).CONCLUSIONS:Appropriate treatment of high-grade aSAH with management of RIA in combination with required additional surgical measures for control of increased ICP, may be associated with more favorable outcomes if completed within 13 h after the ictus.
DOI 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.107776
PMID 37229951