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Year : 2021  |  Volume : 67  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 213-218  

Factors determining outcome of post-angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage

N Kumar1, S Gupta2 
1 Department of Medicine, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi, India
2 Department of Neurology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi, India

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N Kumar
Department of Medicine, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi
India

Aim: To determine the risk factors affecting outcome at the end of 90 days of post-angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Methods: Non-traumatic SAH cases were reviewed from the case records of patients who had reported to the Department of Neurology of a tertiary care hospital and 50 angio-negative SAH cases were included after excluding all the cases with known cause of hemorrhage after doing computed tomography angiography (CTA)/digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease (CAD), history of alcohol and smoking, and various scales like Hunt and Hess Scale (HHS), World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS), and Fisher scale had been recorded at admission. The outcome was assessed at 90 days post-SAH using the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Statistical analyses: The association between the outcome and the factors was assessed using the Pearson Chi-Square test and the risk factors/predictors of outcome were assessed using logistic regression. Results: The following variables were important risk factors for predicting poor outcome of angio-negative SAH (mRS 3 to 6): hypertension (P = 0.011), diabetes mellitus (P = 0.032), being an alcoholic (P = 0.019), HHS grade 4 to 5 (P < 0.01), and WFNS grade 4 to 5 (P < 0.01). On multivariate regression analysis, hypertension (P = 0.032) was an independent predictor of unfavorable outcome. Conclusions: At time of admission, presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, history of alcohol consumption, and poor grades of HHS and WFNS scale are predictors of poor outcome of angio-negative SAH.


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Kumar N, Gupta S. Factors determining outcome of post-angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage.J Postgrad Med 2021;67:213-218


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Kumar N, Gupta S. Factors determining outcome of post-angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Postgrad Med [serial online] 2021 [cited 2023 Jun 9 ];67:213-218
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