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Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Nicardipine prolonged-release implants may improve surgical outcome

NPRIs "have been used to prevent vasospasm" in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients, according to neurosurgeons in Japan, who conducted a study "to examine the incidence of cerebral vasospasm and outcome after the application of NPRIs."

"Ninety-seven consecutive patients among 125 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage who were surgically treated within 72 hours were analyzed," by H. Kasuya and coauthors at Tokyo Women's Medical University. "NPRIs were applied principally to patients with thick clots (Fisher Group 3) through a...

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