Background: One of the clinical manifestations and complications traumatic brain injury patients is intracranial hemorrhages, divided into primary secondary hemorrhages. Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine prevalence subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in (TBI) patients. Methods: cross-sectional on all TBI with SAH for one year. Data collection tools include a demographic profile...

BACKGROUND Cauda equina syndrome occurring as a result of spontaneous spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from a spinal tumor is reported to be rare. CASE DESCRIPTION A 28-year-old woman presented at our clinic with a history of severe back pain for 10 days, progressive paraparesis, and urinary retention. Her physical examination revealed a mass located intradurally at the level of L1-2 and ...

Lumbar puncture (LP) has for a long time been the mainstay of diagnosis in patients who presented with symptoms or signs of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). At present, computed tomography (CT) has replaced LP for this indication. In this review we shall outline the reasons for this change in diagnostic approach. In the first place, there are drawbacks in starting with an LP. One of these is tha...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior population-based studies of pediatric hemorrhagic stroke (HS) had too few incident cases to assess predictors of cerebral aneurysms, a HS etiology that requires urgent intervention. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of HS (intracerebral, subarachnoid [SAH], and intraventricular hemorrhage) using the population of all children <20 years of age enrol...

OBJECTIVE To ensure good outcomes in the management of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), accurate prediction is crucial for initial assessment of patients presenting with acute headache. We conducted this study to develop a new clinical decision rule using only objectively measurable predictors to exclude SAH, offering higher specificity than the previous Ottawa SAH Rule while maintaining compara...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Osteopontin (OPN) is an inducible, multifunctional, extracellular matrix protein that may be protective against blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, the protective mechanisms remain unclear. METHODS We produced the endovascular perforation model of SAH in rats and studied the time course of OPN induction in brains by Western...

BACKGROUND A variety of ECG changes occur as an aftermath of stroke. Prolongation of the QTc interval is a well-documented change. We analyzed QTc interval prolongation among patients with acute hemorrhagic strokes. METHODS This observational study was conducted at the Emergency Department of Sulaymaniyah General Teaching Hospital and Shar Hospital from September 1st, 2014 to August 31st, 201...