The influence of mild hypothermia on the inciedence of vasospasms in patients after severe subarachoid hemorrhagie.

Authors

SMRČKA Martin JURÁŇ Vilém GÁL Roman SMRČKA Vladimír

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference 3rd Central Europena Neurosurgical Society Meeting - Abstract book
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords SAH; vasospasms; mild hypothermia
Description Vasospasms occur in 30% of patients after the subarachnoid hemorrhagie (SAH). The most severe spasms are in patients with Hunt and Hess IV and V who have usually a lot of blood in the basal cisterns. According to some reports, hypothermia could decrease the incidence and severity or vasospasms in these patients. Hypothermia applied immediately after SAH does not seem to decrease neither the incidence nor the severity of vasospasms in HH IV and V patients after SAH.

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