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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Health Encyclopedia: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Alternative Names

Hemorrhage - subarachnoid

Prevention

Identification and successful treatment of an incidentally found aneurysm would prevent subarachnoid hemorrhage.

References

Kirmani JF, Alkawi A, Ahmed S, et al.Endovascular treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurol Res. 2005;27 Suppl 1:103-7.

Edlow JA. Diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2005;2(2):99-109.

Bird S. Failure to diagnose: subarachnoid haemorrhage. Aust Fam Phy...

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleedingbetween the middle membrane covering of the brain and the brain itself. Specifically it occurswithin the cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces... Read more »

Stroke Surgery

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Intracerebral hemorrhage

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