In predicting risks for vasospasm, delayed infarction, and poor outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, the modified Fisher scale has advantages over the traditional Fisher scale. After ...

The aneurysmal hemorrhage pattern involves more than the prepontine cisterns. This pattern mimics aneurysmal rupture, with the presence of one or more of the following: subarachnoid blood distributed ...

Following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), management of cerebral vasospasm is thought to be essential in minimizing risk of stroke and improving clinical outcome. Preventative treatment with ...

The effect of a liberal red-cell transfusion strategy as compared with a restrictive strategy in patients during the critical care period after an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is unclear. We ...

W.U., a 25-year-old left-handed taxicab driver, was admitted to Presbyterian–University Hospital with a history of progressive loss of hearing in the right ear for 4 years and in the left ear for 1 ...

A 43 year-old man presented with a sudden, severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Over the next eight hours, he became obtunded and fell into a coma. Non-Communicating Hydrocephalus from Subarachnoid ...

A 45 year-old man developed the abrupt onset of the "worst headache" of his life. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the bright signal in several locations which signifies ...

The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...

Background. A 33-year-old woman experienced a thunderclap headache immediately postpartum. The headache recurred over the next 10 days, and the patient also developed generalized tonic–clonic seizures ...