Long-term outcome and quality of life after nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

摘要

Purpose Nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is an uncommon form of SAH. As nonaneurysmal SAH is often concentrated around the pons and midbrain, the term perimesencephalic SAH (pmSAH) is widely accepted to describe this entity, though there are patients with a more widespread distribution of subarachnoid blood (non-pmSAH). The outcome of pmSAH is commonly regarded as good, although often outcome is not analyzed using standardized tools of outcome measurement. In this study we focused on the patient’s quality of life after nonaneurysmal SAH.