A "tricky" subarachnoid hemorrhage

To the editor: We report a tricky subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Our patient was a 59-year-old woman with generalizedheadache for 1 day, which was constricting in nature and rated grade 6/10. Her symptoms were aggravated by lying flat and improved with vomiting. The Glasgow coma scale was lull, blo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2013-09, Vol.126 (18), p.3598-3598
Hauptverfasser: Shea, Yat-Fung, Tsang, Hoi-Lun Helen, Yap, Yat-Hin Desmond, Li, Lai-Fung, Ho, Wai-Shing Wilson
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Zusammenfassung:To the editor: We report a tricky subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Our patient was a 59-year-old woman with generalizedheadache for 1 day, which was constricting in nature and rated grade 6/10. Her symptoms were aggravated by lying flat and improved with vomiting. The Glasgow coma scale was lull, blood pressure was 142/83 mmHg and pulse 75 beats/min. There was neither neck stiffness nor focal neurological deficit. Fundoscopic examination was normal. She was noted to have hyponatremia (sodium (Na) 122 mmol/L) with serum osmolarity 263 mmol/kg, urine osmolarity 582 mmol/kg, urine Na I 17 retool/L, nomaal thyroid stimulating hormone and cortisol level.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20131209