Author/Authors :
Kazempoor Azar, Aydin Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , Valizadeh, Mohammad Amin Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , Aghazadeh, Javad Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , Salehpoor, Firooz Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , Rezakhah, Amir Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , Mirzaii, Farhad Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , Ramezanpoor, Saber Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , Kamalifar, Amir Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , Kamalifar, Samar Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran , Beygi, Fereshteh Department of Neurosurgery - School of Medicine - Nazlou Campus - Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran
Abstract :
Background and Aim: Secondary complications management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
(SAH) is one of the therapeutic challenging issues during Intensive Care Unite (ICU) admission.
The complications of patients with SAH admitted to the ICU of Imam Khomeini Hospital of Urumia
were investigated in this study.
Methods and Materials/Patients: In this descriptive study, the clinical complications of the
patients with SAH admitted to ICU including anemia, fever, hyperglycemia, hypertension,
electrolyte imbalance, and cardiac arrhythmia were collected from their medical records within a
7-year period. The collected data were analyzed using Chi-squared test and t-test by SPSS.
Results: In total, 483 records of patients with SAH were explored. Moreover, 183 (37.9%)
samples had anemia, 174 (36%) suffered from fever, 204 (42.2%) patients were diagnosed with
hypertension. A total of 111 (23%) patients had hyperglycemia, 54 (11.2%) individuals suffered
from sodium disorders. Additionally, 131 (27.1%) individuals had cardiac arrhythmias.
Conclusion: The obtained results suggested that the most prevalent complications following SAH
are hypertension, anemia and fever. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between
cardiac arrhythmias, as well as sodium and hyperglycemia disorders, and the treatment outcome
of patients. Patients admitted to ICU should be under intensive care to reduce the mortality rate
associated with SAH.
