Emergency neurological life support: subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Edlow, Jonathan A; Samuels, Owen; Smith, Wade S; Weingart, Scott D

doi:10.1007/s12028-012-9761-6

Neurology

Emergency neurological life support: subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Jonathan A Edlow, Owen Samuels, Wade S Smith, Scott D Weingart

Neurocritical Care · 2012-08-30 · Other / unclear

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Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurological emergency because it may lead to sudden neurological decline and death and, depending on the cause, has treatment options that can return a patient to normal. Because there are interventions that can be life-saving in the first hour of onset, SAH was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol.