Among 6,638 cases reported to the Cooperative Study of Intracranial Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage were 477 cases in which the cause of hemorrhage could not be determined after carotid and vertebral angiography. These patients were followed up for up to 24 years after hemorrhage. Twenty patients were subsequently found to have an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation missed by the first angiographic survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe late natural history of ruptured intracranial aneurysms was studied in 568 cases reported to the Cooperative Study of Intracranial Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from 1958 to 1965. The patients had been selected for conservative management of their aneurysms at the time of diagnosis. A follow-up search in 1981 and 1982 revealed 378 known deaths; 40% had occurred within six months of hemorrhage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComputed tomography was performed on 1,378 patients admitted within 3 days of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) at 71 centers in a cooperative study. CT on the day of SAH (day 0) was abnormal in 95.8%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeripheral nerve complications occurred in four patients with toxic shock syndrome. Each patient had an acute carpal tunnel syndrome develop that was verified by nerve conduction studies. Recovery was rapid in two cases, but delayed in two others.
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