Why the study?
Does prophylactic administration of propranolol or other autonomic blockers improve outcomes in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Population
Patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage
Design
Review
Authors
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No support for routine prophylactic autonomic blockade in subarachnoid hemorrhage; leaves open need for targeted randomized trials.
Does prophylactic administration of propranolol or other autonomic blockers improve outcomes in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Despite the frequent occurrence of sympathetically-driven cardiac abnormalities in subarachnoid hemorrhage, prophylactic autonomic blockers do not significantly alter patient outcomes.
Marion et al. (1986) studied this question.
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