Higher hemoglobin is associated with less cerebral infarction, poor outcome, and death after subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 775-779

  Naidech, Andrew M ^a,c   Drescher, Jessica ^b   Ault, Michael L ^a   Shaibani, Ali ^a   Batjer, H Hunt ^a   Alberts, Mark J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cerebral infarction; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUNT AND HESS GRADE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33750044048     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000232662.86771.A9     Document Type: Review

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