Table 1.
Basic characteristics and outcome variables
| Characteristic |
62 patients GOSEa assessed |
44 patients GOSE+MFSb assessed |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male/female, n (%) | 16/46 (26/74) | 11/33 (25/75) |
| Age (years) | ||
| Median (range) | 58 (36–78) | 57 (36–76) |
| Neurosurgical intervention, n (%) | ||
| Surgical clipping | 16 (26) | 8 (18) |
| Endovascular coiling | 46 (74) | 26 (59) |
| Aneurysm location, n (%) | ||
| Anterior cerebral circulationc | 45 (73) | 31 (70) |
| Posterior cerebral circulationd | 17 (27) | 13 (30) |
| CSF e drainage, n (%) | 32 (52) | 19 (43) |
| Fisher scale, n (%) | ||
| 1 | 5 (8) | 4 (9) |
| 2 | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| 3 | 25 (40) | 21 (48) |
| 4 | 31 (50) | 19 (43) |
| WFNS f grade, n (%) | ||
| 1 | 17 (27) | 14 (32) |
| 2 | 24 (39) | 18 (40) |
| 3 | 2 (3) | 2 (5) |
| 4 | 11 (18) | 6 (14) |
| 5 | 8 (13) | 4 (9) |
| Outcome | ||
| One‐year survival, n (%) | 57 (92) | 44 (100) |
| DCIg, n (%) | 16 (26) | 13 (30) |
| GOSE median (range) | 5 (1–8) | 6 (4–8) |
| MFS median (range) | 13.5 (0–31) |
a
Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended.
b
Mental Fatigue Scale.
c
Includes anterior, middle, and anterior communicating arteries and their branches.
d
Includes basilar, vertebral, and posterior communicating arteries and their branches.
e
Cerebrospinal fluid.
f
World Federation of Neurological Societies Grading System.
g
Delayed cerebral ischemia defined as cerebral infarction and/or clinical deterioration attributable to DCI (Vergouwen et al., 2010).