What are the factors predictive of poor prognosis for aSAH?
Factors predictive of poor prognosis for aSAH include older age, preexisting severe medical illness, global cerebral edema on computed tomography (CT) scan, intraventricular and intra- cerebral hemorrhage, symptomatic vasospasm, delayed cere- bral infarction (especially if multiple), hyperglycemia, fever, anemia, and other systemic complications such as pneumonia and sepsis.