MD, Ph.D, associate professor Sune Munthe Department of Neurosurgery
Project management
Project status
Open
Data collection dates
Start
01.02.2023
End
01.01.2027
Project in numbers
OPEN survey/clinical data
Expected # of participants
300
Included # of participants
OPEN Biobank
Expected participants with specimens
300
Included participants with specimens
Specimens
Vasoactive substances in cerebrospinal fluid and the effect on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Short summary
Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage often experience vasospasms in the bloodvessels of the brain. Vasospasm prevents the supply of oxygen and other nutrients to the healthy brain, which is thereby destroyed. Vasospasms can cause severe neurological damage and also may result in death. The mechanism behind vasospasm is unknown, several theories have been described but not yet uncovered. There is no good treatment for these vasospasms. Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage often has a condition
Description of the cohort
Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage treated at neurosurgical department.