Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in elderly patients: long-term outcome and prognostic factors in an interdisciplinary treatment approach

作者:Schoeller Karsten; Massmann Maike; Markl Gertraud; Kunz Mathias; Fesl Gunther; Brueckmann Hartmut; Pfefferkorn Thomas; Tonn Joerg Christian; Schichor Christian
来源:Journal of Neurology, 2013, 260(4): 1052-1060.
DOI:10.1007/s00415-012-6758-1

摘要

The number of elderly patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is increasing with the aging of the population. However, management recommendations based on long-term outcome data and analyses of prognostic factors are scarce. Our study focused exclusively on elderly patients aged a parts per thousand yen60 years at the onset of SAH. Patients were selected from an in-house database and compared in cohorts of age 60-69, 70-79, and a parts per thousand yen80, regarding pre-existing medical conditions, treatment, clinical course including complications, and outcome. A multivariate analysis was conducted to identify prognostic factors for death and disability. A total of 256 patients (138 aged 60-69, 93 aged 70-79, 25 aged a parts per thousand yen80) with putative aneurysmal SAH who had been admitted to our hospital between January 1, 1996 and June 30, 2007 were extracted. The median follow-up of our total cohort was 35.5 months (range %26lt; 1-154 months). Endovascular or conservative aneurysm treatment was applied more often with increasing age (p %26lt; 0.006). The 1-year survival rate was 78, 65, and 38 % in the three age groups, respectively (p = 0.0002); most of the patients died from the initial hemorrhage or from medical complications. Patients aged %26lt; 70 with an initial World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) score of I-III showed the best clinical recovery. WFNS score, age, and clipping/coiling were extracted as prognostic factors from the Cox model. Elderly patients who get admitted with a good WFNS score (I-III) seem to benefit from aggressive treatment whereas caution seems to be warranted particularly in patients a parts per thousand yen70 years of age who get admitted in a WFNS score of IV and V because of their limited short- and long-term prognosis.