Vasopressor treatment and mortality following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: a nationwide electronic health record analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with nontraumatic SAH, phenylephrine was significantly associated with reduced mortality in SAH patients compared to dopamine or norepinephrine. Prospective randomized clinical studies are warranted to confirm this finding.
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Source: Neurosurgical Focus - April 30, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Williams G, Maroufy V, Rasmy L, Brown D, Yu D, Zhu H, Talebi Y, Wang X, Thomas E, Zhu G, Yaseen A, Miao H, Leon Novelo L, Zhi D, DeSantis SM, Zhu H, Yamal JM, Aguilar D, Wu H Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research