Treatment of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia in Good-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Any Role for Invasive Neuromonitoring?
Michael VeldemanWalid AlbannaMiriam WeissCatharina ConzenTobias Philip SchmidtHans ClusmannHenna Schulze-SteinenOmid NikoubashmanYasin TemelGerrit Alexander SchubertPublished in: Neurocritical care (2020)
A considerable number of patients with good-grade SAH experiences secondary deterioration rendering them neurologically not assessable. In our cohort, the introduction of INM to guide DCI treatment in patients with secondary deterioration increased the rate of good recovery after 12 months. Additionally, a significant reduction of CT scans and infarction load was recorded, which may have an underestimated impact on quality of life and more subtle neuropsychological deficits common after SAH.