Subarachnoid hemorrhage in Kashmir: Causes, risk factors, and outcome.

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery
A B BhatAltaf R Kirmani

Abstract

Kashmir, a snow bound and mountain locked valley, is populated by about 7 million ethnic and non-migratory Kashmiris who have specific dietary and social habits than rest of the world. The neurological disorders are common in Kashmiri population. To study the prevalence and outcome of spontaneous intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in Kashmir compared withother parts of the world. A retrospective and hospital based study from 1982 to 2010 in the single and only Neurosurgical Centre of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. A hospital based study, in which, information concerning all Kashmiri patients was collected from the case sheets, patient files, discharge certificates, death certificates, and telephonic conversations with the help of Medical Records Department and Central Admission Register of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir India. Analysis of variance and students T-test were used at occasions. Incidence of SAH in Kashmiris is about 13/100,000 persons per year. SAH comprises 31.02% of total strokes and aneurysmal ruptures are cause of 54.35% SAHs. The female suffers 1.78 times more than the male. Total mortality of 36.60% was recorded against a good recovery of 14.99%. The familial SAHs and multiple ...Continue Reading

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Jun 20, 2013·Journal of Neurosurgery·Darryl LauJohn Maa
Jul 26, 2019·Hospital Practice·Hugo Alberto Rojas ConchaFernando Víctor Martins Rubatino
Oct 4, 2017·Neurosurgery·Isabel C HostettlerUNKNOWN Genetics and Observational Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (GOSH) Study investigators
Jun 12, 2013·Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões·Severino Lourenço da SilvaJoão Nicolle Tupiná Nogueira

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