The five preferences for post-traumatic SAH

Moscote-Salazar, Luis Rafael; Padilla-Zambrano, Huber; Ramos-Villegas, Yancarlos; Agrawal, Amit; Rubiano, Andres M.

doi:10.15171/jept.2017.27

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

¹ RED LATINO. Latin American Trauma & Intensive Neuro-Care Organization, Bogota, Colombia

² Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CIB), Facultad de Medicina — Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena Colombia

³ MM Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana- Ambala, Haryana, India

⁴ RED LATINO. Latin American Trauma & Intensive Neuro-Care Organization, Fundacion MEDITECH, Bogota, Colombia

https://doi.org/10.15171/jept.2017.27

Abstract

Acute traumatic brain injury is a worldwide public health crisis. Post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a finding that is present at a frequency of 40% according to data from American TCDB (1,2). Among the mechanisms that have been implicated as causes of post-traumatic SAH is the cortical bleeding through the subarachnoid space. It is estimated that the incidence of post-traumatic SAH is 11% to 60% in patients with traumatic brain injury. The brain CT is considered a technique with good sensitivity, economical and available in many hospitals worldwide. We have reviewed the literature and found some imaging characteristics of post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. We have called “the five preferences for post-traumatic SAH”.

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Emergency medicine

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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

The five preferences for post-traumatic SAH

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Volume 5, Issue 1
January 2019
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The five preferences for post-traumatic SAH

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Volume 5, Issue 1January 2019Pages 1-1

Volume 5, Issue 1
January 2019
Pages 1-1