Clinical and etiologic characteristics in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage

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cerebrovascular disease, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral aneurysm.

Abstract

Introduction: Subarachnoid hemorrhage constitutes a hemorrhagic form of cerebrovascular disease.

Objective: To determine the frequency of some clinical and etiological characteristics in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Methods: An observational, descriptive-correlational, retrospective study was performed on 96 patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage between 2016 and 2021. The frequency of the variables age, gender, etiology, triggering factor and clinical form of presentation were analyzed. Data were obtained from medical records. The odds ratio and its 95 % confidence interval were used in the statistical analysis of the relationships between variables.

Results: 68 % of patients were between 46 and 74 years old, with a predominance of female sex (55 %). Aneurysmal etiology was demonstrated in 56% of patients and the progressive decrease of this etiology with age. The triggering factor was not specified in 73% of cases. In 72 % of the sample the event presented with headache as the predominant clinical manifestation; although it was less frequent in those over 60 years of age (62 % vs. 82 %; OR: 2.7 [1.08;7]).

Conclusions: The series studied was characterized by a predominance of women, with cerebral aneurysm as the cause and headache as the clinical form of presentation. Likewise, a lower frequency of aneurysmal cause, and more alterations of consciousness and confusion were identified in older adults.

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Author Biographies

Mercedes Soledad Corona Fonseca, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.

Servicio de Neurología

Ada Sánchez Lozano, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.

Servicio de Neurología

Ernesto Castro López, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.

Servicio de Neurocirugía

Luis Alberto Corona Martinez, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.

Servicio de Medicina Interna

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2024-12-22

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Corona Fonseca MS, Sánchez Lozano A, Castro López E, Corona Martinez LA. Clinical and etiologic characteristics in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2024 Dec. 22 [cited 2025 Aug. 22];43. Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/2735

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