
Body Mass Index and the Risk of Poor Outcome in Surgically Treated Patients With Good-Grade Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Ilari Rautalin,
Seppo Juvela,
R. Loch Macdonald,
Miikka Korja
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/neu.0000000000001931
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , subarachnoid hemorrhage , glasgow coma scale , quartile , odds ratio , glasgow outcome scale , cohort , prospective cohort study , cohort study , obesity , pediatrics , surgery , confidence interval
Heterogeneity among study populations and treatment procedures has led to conflicting results on outcome predictors for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). One such conflicting predictor is body mass index (BMI).