Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presença de fatores de risco
- cefaleia
- fotofobia
- perda de consciência
- paralisia do terceiro nervo craniano
Other diagnostic factors
- idade >50 anos
- sexo feminino
- raça negra
- náuseas/vômitos
- estado mental alterado
- meningismo
- paralisia unilateral ou bilateral do sexto nervo craniano
- hemorragia intraocular
- deficits neurológicos focais
- convulsões
Risk factors
- hipertensão
- tabagismo
- história familiar
- doença renal policística autossômica dominante (DRPAD)
- uso de bebidas alcoólicas
- uso de cocaína
- Síndrome de Marfan
- Síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos
- pseudoxantoma elástico
- neurofibromatose do tipo I
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- tomografia computadorizada (TC) do crânio
- Hemograma completo
- coagulograma
- eletrólitos séricos
- troponina I
- glicose sérica
- eletrocardiograma (ECG)
Investigations to consider
- punção lombar (PL)
- angiografia digital por subtração (ADS)
- angiotomografia (ATG)
- angiografia por ressonância magnética (ARM)
Treatment algorithm
todos os pacientes
Contributors
Authors
Salah Keyrouz, MD, FAHA, FCCM
Professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
MO
Disclosures
SK is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
Acknowledgements
Dr Salah Keyrouz would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Michael N. Diringer, a previous contributor to this topic.
Disclosures
MND is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Peer reviewers
Venkatesh Aiyagari, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago
IL
Disclosures
VA declares that he has no competing interests.
Peter Martin, MA, BM BCh, MD, FRCP
Consultant Neurologist
Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge
UK
Disclosures
PM declares that he has no competing interests.
Giovanni Grasso, M.D., PhD
Aggregate Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Clinic
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
University of Palermo
Palermo
Italy
Disclosures
GG declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
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References
Key articles
Thompson BG, Brown RD Jr, Amin-Hanjani S, et al. Guidelines for the management of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2015 Aug;46(8):2368-400.Full text Abstract
Hoh BL, Ko NU, Amin-Hanjani S, et al. 2023 Guideline for the management of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2023 Jul;54(7):e314-70.Full text Abstract
Steiner T, Juvela S, Unterberg A, et al. European Stroke Organization guidelines for the management of intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Feb 7;35(2):93-112.Full text Abstract
Reference articles
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