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EARLIER OPERATION AND ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HÆMORRHAGE: REVIEW OF RECENT EXPERIENCE IN TASMANIA
Author(s) -
Corkill Guy
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb50844.x
Subject(s) - antifibrinolytic , subarachnoid haemorrhage , medicine , subarachnoid hemorrhage , aneurysm , surgery , tranexamic acid , intensive care medicine , blood loss
The results of antifibrinolytic therapy and early surgery in subarachnoid haemorrhage are reported in 20 consecutive cases. There was one instance of thromboembolism, no increase in mortality or morbidity in comparison with generally accepted figures, and no recurrent subarachnoid haemorrhage. The Instance of thromboembolism that occurred would seem incidental.