Background: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is associated with arterial hypertension. Our aim was to investigate whether induced hypertension (IH) as therapy for delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with PRES and to identify risk factors for PRES.
Material And Methods: We retrospectively searched our database for patients with SAH and IH in our institution between 2009 and 2018 and identified additional cases of PRES after SAH with IH from the literature. We then analyzed demographic findings and clinical features of these patients.
Results: 172 patients with acute SAH received IH. PRES was diagnosed in 3/172 (1.7%) patients. Our literature search revealed 17 additional cases. The pooled PRES group (n = 20) was non-significantly older than the non-PRES group (n = 169) (median, 62.5 years vs. 52 years, p = 0.06). No significant differences were found between both groups with regard to sex (p = 0.73), Hunt & Hess-Score (p = 0.9), aneurysm treatment (p = 0.13), and time from diagnosis of SAH to the start of IH (p = 0.14).
Conclusions: PRES after IH in SAH patients occurred in 1.7% of our patients. Our results imply that it is important to be aware of a possible development of a PRES in older SAH patients with IH, irrespective of sex, initial clinical status, and treatment modality.
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Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
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