Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 106).
| Female sex | 72 (68%) |
| Age (years) | 54 (21 to 79) |
| Hypertension | 32 (30%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2 (2%) |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 11 (10%) |
| Use of statins | 10 (9%) |
| Day of admission | 0 (0–2) |
| WFNS at admission: | |
| I | 45 (43%) |
| II | 31 (29%) |
| III | 5 (5%) |
| IV | 18 (17%) |
| V | 7 (7%) |
| Acute ischaemia | 47 (44%) |
| Amount of cisternal blood (ml) | 22 (0 to 29) |
| Amount of intraventricular blood (ml) | 2 (1 to 11) |
| Rebleeding | 14 (13%) |
| Treatment of aneurysm: | |
| operative clipping | 78 (74%) |
| coiling | 13 (12%) |
| none | 15 (14%) |
| Timing of treatment: | |
| day of operation | 3.5 (0 to 65) |
| day of coiling | 3 (2 to 17) |
| Ischaemic events* | |
| none | 58 (55%) |
| radiologically only | 12 (11%) |
| clinically only | 4 (4%) |
| both | 31 (29%) |
| undetermined | 1 (1%) |
| Onset of symptomatic ischaemic events | |
| at operation | 13 (37%) |
| at coiling/angiography | 6 (17%) |
| at rebleeding | 4 (11%) |
| spontaneously | 12 (34%) |
| Outcome at three months | 1 |
| good (mRs 0–3) | 66 (62%) |
| poor (mRs 4–5) | 18 (17%) |
| dead | 22 (21%) |
Data are n (%) or median (range).
*All causes, including operation or procedure related.
mRs, modified Rankin scale; WFNS, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies scale.