Do transfusion requirements increase after the diagnosis of vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage?

Background: Many patients experience impaired cerebral oxygen delivery secondary to vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Anaemia is common after SAH affecting up to 50% patients, which may decrease cerebral oxygen delivery and is associated wit...

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Main Authors: Lashmikumar Venkatraghavan, Sarah Tymianski, Jeffrey Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2348-0548.148387