Abstract Purpose of Review: The purpose of this article is to present the epidemiology,
clinical presentation, and management of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
SAH is a neurologic emergency that carries high morbidity and mortality. Patients with SAH
are at risk for several significant neurologic complications, including hydrocephalus,
cerebral edema, delayed cerebral ischemia, rebleeding, seizures, and neuroendocrine
abnormalities that lead to impaired body regulation of sodium, water, and glucose. Recent …

While the subject of subarachnoid hemorrhage has received some consideration from older
writers, 1 it is the work of Symonds 2 that has stimulated interest in it in recent times.
Generally, the condition is treated under the heading of" spontaneous subarachnoid
hemorrhage" and is defined as bleeding into the subarachnoid space due to causes other
than trauma. Strauss and his co-workers 3 defined it as massive extravasation of blood into
the subarachnoid space caused by spontaneous rupture of the blood vessels. I agree with …