Abstract:Medical complications are a notable source of in-hospital death following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). However, there is a paucity of literature examining medical complications on a national scale. This study uses a national dataset to analyze the incidence rates, case fatality rates, and risk factors for in-hospital complications and mortality following aSAH. We found that the most common complications in aSAH patients (N = 170, 869) were hydrocephalus (29.3%) and hyponatremia (17.3%). Cardiac a… Show more
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