August 1, 1995Neurosurgery
Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Why the study?
Is hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy associated with early death in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Structured PICO
Is hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy associated with early death in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage?
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Population
118 consecutive cases of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (87 with intracerebral aneurysms) seen at one hospital over a 3-year period.
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Outcome
Prevalence of hypertension and correlation between hypertension/left ventricular hypertrophy and risk of early death (within 14 days)hard clinical
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Implication
Hypertension and LVH may flag higher early mortality risk in SAH; hypothesis-generating for prognostic models and intervention trials.
Cite This Study
Toftdahl et al. (1995) studied this question.