Natália Vasconcellos de Oliveira Souza, Carolina Rouanet, Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla, Caio Vinícius Barroso de Lima, Juliana Trevizo, Flavio Rezende, Maramelia Miranda Alves, Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manuel, Cassia Righy, Feres Chaddad Neto, Michel Frudit, Gisele Sampaio Silva
OBJECTIVE: Almost two thirds of the world's aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are in low- and middle-income countries. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the impact of complications on the outcome of aSAH in a middle-income country. METHODS: Baseline data (age, sex, World Federation of Neurosurgical Society, time ictus-treatment, treatment modality) and medical and neurologic complications from a cohort in Brazil (2016-2019) were evaluated: delayed cerebral ischemia; hydrocephalus; meningitis; seizures; intracranial hypertension; infections (pneumonia, bloodstream, urinary tract infection infection of undetermined source); sodium disturbances; acute kidney injury; and cardiac and pulmonary complications...
December 15, 2023: World Neurosurgery