Overview

Traumatic subarachnoid haemmorrhage is analysed here for the first time in detail. Taking two clinical studies and a survey of the literature as a basis, this monograph discusses the diagnosis, clinical aspects, prognosis, and therapy for patients with traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage.

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Author:   Algirdas Kakarieka
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.230kg
ISBN:  

9783540607717

ISBN 10:   3540607714
Pages:   109
Publication Date:   17 September 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Survey of the Literature.- Pathology.- Incidence.- Relation to Age.- Relation to Alcohol Intoxication.- Prognosis.- Vasospasm and Ischaemic Neurological Deficits After tSAH.- Summary.- Patient Characteristics and Methodology.- Patient Population.- Variables Recorded.- Laboratory Evaluation.- Treatment of Patients.- CT Evaluation.- Criteria for Assessment of Amount of Blood on CT.- Criteria for Classification of the Mechanism of Injury.- Criteria for Defining Severity of Head Injury on Entry to the Trial.- Criteria for Assessment of Outcome.- Biometric Methods.- Summary.- Analysis of CT Findings in tSAH.- Frequency.- Time of CT.- Amount of Blood.- Clearance of tSAH.- Topographic Location of Blood.- Associated CT Findings.- Contusions.- Subdural Haematoma.- Epidural Haematoma.- Intracerebral Haematoma.- Intraventricular Blood.- Signs of Raised ICP on CT.- Hypodensity Compatible with Ischaemia.- Summary.- Demographic and Clinical Aspects of tSAH.- Age.- Sex.- Cause of Injury.- Alcohol Intake Before Injury.- Multiple Injuries.- Interval Between Injury and Admission.- Severity of Head Injury on Entry to the Trial.- Plain Skull X-Rays.- Craniotomy for Removal of Mass Lesions.- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.- Haemodynamics.- Neurological Status.- Body Temperature.- Mortality.- Summary.- Outcome in tSAH.- Outcome in tSAH.- Amount of Blood and Outcome.- Fisher’s Categories and Outcome.- Location of Blood and Outcome.- Associated CT Lesions and Outcome.- Relationship of Various Demographic and Clinical Aspects to Outcome.- Functional Assessment.- Post-traumatic Epilepsy.- Summary.- tSAH as a Prognostic Factor.- Risk of Unfavourable Outcome in tSAH Patients.- Determination of Prognostic Factors.- Summary.- Clinical Laboratory Evaluation in tSAH.- Haematocrit.- Leucocytes.-Platelets.- Serum Aminotransferases.- Serum Lipase.- Serum Amylase.- Summary.- Therapeutic Prospects of tSAH with the Calcium Antagonist Nimodipine.- Pharmacological and Clinical Rational for the Use of the Calcium Antagonist Nimodipine in Head Injury.- The Effect of Nimodipine in the Overall Head-Injury Study Population.- The Effect of Nimodipine on tSAH.- Adverse Events.- Summary.- Confirmation of the Hypothesis: The German tSAH Study.- Patient Population.- Treatment with the Test Drug.- Statistical Analysis.- Demographic Results.- CT Findings.- Transcranial Doppler Blood Flow Velocities.- Blood Pressure and ICP.- Follow-Up Investigation.- Post-traumatic Epilepsy.- Pool Analysis of 460 tSAH Patients.- Summary.- Discussion and Conclusions.- tSAH, a Frequent Finding in Head Injury.- tSAH: CT Aspects.- tSAH: Clinical Aspects.- tSAH and Outcome.- tSAH and Vasospasm.- tSAH and Post-traumatic Epilepsy.- tSAH as a Prognostic Factor.- tSAH and Its Treatment with Nimodipine.- References.

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