Systematic Approach for Diagnosis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Adel E. Ahmed Ganaw; Moad Ehfeda; Nissar Shaikh; Marcus Lance; Abdussalam Abugrara; Sirajeddin Belkhair

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81333-8_5

Systematic Approach for Diagnosis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Adel E. Ahmed Ganaw, Moad Ehfeda, Nissar Shaikh, Marcus Lance, Abdussalam Abugrara, Sirajeddin Belkhair

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Abstract

Although aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) represents a small percentage of hemorrhagic strokes, it is associated with severe devastating complications that carry high morbidity and mortality rates. Early recognition and intervention are vital to improve the outcome of these patients. However, clinicians especially emergency doctors face many challenges to timely diagnose aSAH. Emergency doctors should have high index of suspicion as well as a cautious approach to evaluate patients who present with headache which is the chief complain of aSAH. In this chapter we discuss a systematic approach to diagnose and assessment of aSAH. It describes the importance of detailed history, clinical examination, diagnostic work up, and limitations of diagnostic investigations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	55-65
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030813338
ISBN (Print)	9783030813321
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81333-8_5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute headache
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cerebral angiography
Computed tomography (CT) scan
Diagnosis
Imaging
Lumbar puncture
Magnetic resonance image (MRI)

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