Predicting outcome in poor-grade patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: A retrospective review of 159 aggressively managed cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-49

  Le Roux, Peter D ^a,b   Elliott, J Paul ^a   Newell, David W ^a   Grady, M Sean ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aneurysm; clinical grade; outcome; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029886685     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.1.0039     Document Type: Article

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