Characteristics | No collaterals (0) (n=30) | Any collaterals (1,2,3,4) (n=32) | P value | ||
% | |||||
Demographics | |||||
Age>53 years' old | 16 | 53 | 11 | 32 | NS |
Female | 18 | 64 | 25 | 74 | NS |
Non-caucasian ethnicity | 17 | 63 | 21 | 62 | NS |
Hypertension | 13 | 46 | 13 | 41 | NS |
Ever smoked (>100 cigarettes) | 17 | 65 | 19 | 56 | NS |
Diabetes | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | NS |
Admission predictors | |||||
Hunt and Hess Grade≥3 | 16 | 60 | 21 | 62 | NS |
Glasgow Coma Score<8 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 32 | 0.073 (NS) |
Sentinel headache | 9 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 0.036 |
Ictal loss of consciousness | 10 | 37 | 14 | 42 | NS |
APACHE-II Physiologic Score | 16 | 9–21 | 13 | 10–19 | NS |
AdmissionCT scan | |||||
Thick SAH* | 19 | 64 | 25 | 74 | NS |
Global cerebral edema | 15 | 54 | 16 | 47 | NS |
Intraventricular hemorrhage | 20 | 64 | 17 | 50 | NS |
Intracerebral hemorrhage | 7 | 25 | 12 | 35 | NS |
SAH sum score | 17 | 6–25 | 21 | 12–26 | NS |
IVH sum score | 1.5 | 0.0–4.0 | 0.5 | 0–3.25 | NS |
Aneurysm characteristics | |||||
Anterior location | 14 | 47 | 25 | 74 | 0.028 |
Aneurysm size>10 mm | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | NS |
Clip repair procedure | 20 | 71 | 30 | 88 | NS |
Complications | |||||
Neurological | |||||
Rebleed | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | NS |
Herniation | 3 | 11 | 4 | 12 | NS |
Medical | |||||
Fever>101.5 °F | 15 | 54 | 17 | 50 | NS |
Pneumonia | 9 | 32 | 12 | 35 | NS |
Sepsis | 3 | 11 | 3 | 9 | NS |
Cardiac | |||||
Arrhythmias | 5 | 18 | 6 | 18 | NS |
Cardiac arrest (in ICU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
Myocardial infarction | 6 | 21 | 5 | 15 | NS |
Pulmonary edema | 8 | 29 | 7 | 21 | NS |
Outcomes | |||||
Clinical deterioration due to cerebral vasospasm | 19 | 63 | 26 | 77 | NS |
DCI | 22 | 73 | 24 | 77 | NS |
Poor functional outcome at 3 months | 7 | 23 | 8 | 24 | NS |
Severity of vasospasm | |||||
Mild | 11 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 0.007 |
Moderate | 9 | 30 | 6 | 18 | 0.244 (NS) |
Severe | 10 | 33 | 21 | 62 | 0.023 |
Values are N (%), mean (SD), median (25%–75%)%).
*Fisher Grade 3 or modified Fisher 3–4.
†MAP, mean arterial pressure.