High incidence of neuroendocrine dysfunction in long-term survivors of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background And Purpose: To investigate the incidence, pattern, and magnitude of neuroendocrine changes in long-term survivors of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

Methods: Thirty patients (16 women) with a mean age of 50+/-13 years underwent endocrine assessment between 12 and 24 months after aneurysmal SAH. SAH severity was graded clinically by the Hunt & Hess scale (median, II) and radiologically by the Fisher classification (median, II).