Clinical, laboratory, and radiographic predictors of the occurrence of seizures following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 347-352

  Ibrahim, George M ^a   Fallah, Aria ^a   Macdonald, R Loch ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Seizure; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CLAZOSENTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84881163790     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.JNS122097     Document Type: Article

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