Neurointensive care results and risk factors for unfavorable outcome in aneurysmatic SAH: a comparison of two age groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mean age of actively treated subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients is increasing. We aimed to compare outcomes and prognostic factors between older and younger SAH patients.

Methods

A retrospective single-center analysis of aneurysmal SAH patients admitted to a neuro-ICU during 2014-2019. We defined older patients as ≥70 years and younger patients as <70 years. For every older patient, we identified three younger patients with the same World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS) grade. We only included patients receiving active aneurysm treatment. Favorable functional outcome, defined as a Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) of 4-5 at 12 months, was our primary outcome. We used logistic regression to compare prognostic factors between the groups.

Results

SUBMITTER: Valimaki V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8053651 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature