A simple and quantitative method to predict symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage based on computed tomography: Beyond the fisher scale

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 869-875

  Wilson, David A ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Abla, Adib A ^a   Uschold, Timothy D ^a   Fusco, David J ^a   Oppenlander, Mark E ^a   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fisher scale; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHER SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC VASOSPASM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATIC VASOSPASM; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84866898250     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318267360f     Document Type: Article

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