Clinical Outcome Prediction of Early Brain Injury in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage : the SHELTER-Score

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BACKGROUND: Despite intensive research on preventing and treating vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), mortality and morbidity rates remain high. Early brain injury (EBI) has emerged as possibly the major significant factor in aSAH pathophysiology, emphasizing the need to investigate EBI-associated clinical events for improved patient management and decision-making. This study aimed to identify early clinical and radiological events within 72 h after aSAH to develop a conclusive predictive EBI score for clinical practice.

METHODS: This retrospective analysis included 561 consecutive patients with aSAH admitted to our neurovascular center between 01/2014 and 09/2022. Fourteen potential predictors occurring within the initial 72 h after hemorrhage were analyzed. The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at 6 months, discretized to three levels (0-2, favorable; 3-5, poor; 6, dead), was used as the outcome variable. Univariate ordinal regression ranked predictors by significance, and forward selection with McFadden's pseudo-R2 determined the optimal set of predictors for multivariate proportional odds logistic regression. Collinear parameters were excluded, and fivefold cross-validation was used to avoid overfitting.

RESULTS: The analysis resulted in the Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Associated Early Brain Injury Outcome Prediction score (SHELTER-score), comprising seven clinical and radiological events: age (0-4 points), World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (0-2.5 points), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (2 points), mydriasis (1-2 points), midline shift (0.5-1 points), early deterioration (1 point), and early ischemic lesion (2 points). McFadden's pseudo-R2 = 0.339, area under the curve for death or disability 0.899 and 0.877 for death. A SHELTER-score below 5 indicated a favorable outcome (mRS 0-2), 5-6.5 predicted a poor outcome (mRS 3-5), and ≥ 7 correlated with death (mRS 6) at 6 months.

CONCLUSIONS: The novel SHELTER-score, incorporating seven clinical and radiological features of EBI, demonstrated strong predictive performance in determining clinical outcomes. This scoring system serves as a valuable tool for neurointensivists to identify patients with poor outcomes and guide treatment decisions, reflecting the great impact of EBI on the overall outcome of patients with aSAH.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Neurocritical care - 40(2024), 2 vom: 29. März, Seite 438-447

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hofmann, Björn B [VerfasserIn]
Donaldson, Daniel M [VerfasserIn]
Neyazi, Milad [VerfasserIn]
Abusabha, Yousef [VerfasserIn]
Beseoglu, Kerim [VerfasserIn]
Hänggi, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Cornelius, Jan F [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Igor [VerfasserIn]
Muhammad, Sajjad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Brain injury
Early brain injury
Intensive care
Journal Article
Outcome study
Vascular

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12028-023-01879-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365220175