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Abdelgadir J, Gelman J, Dutko L, Mehta V, Friedman A, Zomorodi A. Cognitive outcomes following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Rehabilitation strategies. World Neurosurg X 2024; 22:100341. [PMID: 38450248 PMCID: PMC10914592 DOI: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2024.100341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Despite decreases in mortality rate, the treatment of cognitive deficits following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) remains a serious challenge for clinicians and survivors alike. Deficits in executive function, language, and memory prevent more than half of survivors from returning to their previous level of work and put a tremendous amount of stress on the individual and their family. New therapies are needed for survivors of aSAH in order to improve cognitive outcomes and quality of life. The aim of this review is to discuss the prevalence and contributing factors of cognitive deficits following aSAH, as well as areas for therapeutic intervention. Due to the limited research on cognitive rehabilitative strategies for aSAH, a literature search of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was used to explore therapies with the potential to improve cognitive outcomes in aSAH. Across cognitive domains, existing rehabilitative and pharmacotherapeutic strategies for TBI show promise to be useful for survivors of aSAH. However, further study of these therapies in addition to consistent assessment of cognitive deficits are required to determine their efficacy in survivors of aSAH.
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- Jihad Abdelgadir
- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Duke Speech Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Common Data Elements for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Clinical Research: Recommendations from the Working Group on Long-Term Therapies. Neurocrit Care 2020; 30:79-86. [PMID: 31077078 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00727-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The goal for the long-term therapies (LTT) working group (WG) of the Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm (UIA) and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) common data elements (CDEs) was to develop a comprehensive set of CDEs, data definitions, case report forms, and guidelines for use in UIA and SAH LTT clinical research, as part of a new joint effort between the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Library of Medicine of the US National Institutes of Health. These UIA and SAH CDEs will join other neurological disease-specific CDEs already developed and available for use by research investigators. METHODS The eight LTT WG members comprised international UIA, and SAH experts reviewed existing NINDS CDEs and instruments, created new elements when needed, and provided recommendations for future LTT clinical research. The recommendations were compiled, internally reviewed by the all UIA and SAH WGs and steering committee members. The NINDS CDE team also reviewed the final version before posting the SAH Version 1.0 CDE recommendations on the NINDS CDE website. RESULTS The NINDS UIA and SAH LTT CDEs and supporting documents are publicly available on the NINDS CDE ( https://www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov/#page=Default ) and NIH Repository ( https://cde.nlm.nih.gov/home ) websites. The subcommittee members discussed and reviewed various parameters, outcomes, and endpoints in UIA and SAH LTT studies. The following meetings with WG members, the LTT WG's recommendations are incorporated into the disease/injury-related events, assessments and examinations, and treatment/intervention data domains. CONCLUSIONS Noting gaps in the literature regarding medication and rehabilitation parameters in UIA and SAH clinical studies, the current CDE recommendations aim to arouse interest to explore the impact of medication and rehabilitation treatments and therapies and encourage the convergence of LTT clinical study parameters to develop a harmonized standard.
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Ding CY, Kang DZ, Wang ZL, Lin YX, Jiang CZ, Yu LH, Wang DL, Lin ZY, Gu JJ. Serum Ngb (Neuroglobin) Is Associated With Brain Metabolism and Functional Outcome of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2019; 50:1887-1890. [PMID: 31182001 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.025733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Background and Purpose—
Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage is a well-recognized physiopathologic mechanism after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). The Ngb (neuroglobin) is a hemoprotein predominantly expressed in the brain with a high affinity for oxygen. Relationship between serum Ngb level and brain metabolism in aSAH patients has not been investigated previously.
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Thirty-six consecutive severe aSAH patients (Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤8 on admission) with multimodal neuromonitoring and 36 matched healthy subjects were included. Serum Ngb level was analyzed in combination with other time-matched cerebral microdialysis parameters, brain tissue oxygen tension, and 12-month neurological outcomes.
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Serum Ngb level was correlated positively with cerebral microdialysis parameters and brain tissue oxygen tension (
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<0.001). Poor functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale score >3) 12 months after aSAH was associated with higher Ngb level but independent of age, sex, and disease severity (
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<0.001). A similar association was found between high Ngb level and neuropsychological test results indicative of impairments in cognition, visual conceptualization, and frontal executive functions (
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<0.001).
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Ngb may be a potential biomarker for reflecting brain tissue oxygen tension, brain metabolism, and functional outcome in severe aSAH patients and merits further study in the context of aSAH.
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- Chen-Yu Ding
- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhengzhou University People’s Hospital, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Republic of China (Z.-L.W., J.-J.G.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China (C.-Y.D., D.-Z.K., Y.-X.L., C.-Z.J., L.-H.Y., D.-L.W., Z.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhengzhou University People’s Hospital, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Republic of China (Z.-L.W., J.-J.G.)
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INTRODUCTION Brain injuries are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. It is estimated that nearly half of patients who develop severe sequelae will continue with a chronic severe disability despite having received an appropriate rehabilitation program. For more than 3 decades, there has been a worldwide effort to investigate the possibility of pharmacologically stimulating the neuroplasticity process for enhancing the recovery of these patients. OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to make a critical and updated review of the available evidence that supports the positive effect of different drugs on the recovery from brain injury. METHOD To date, there have been several clinical trials that tested different drugs that act on different neurotransmitter systems: catecholaminergic, cholinergic, serotonergic, and glutamatergic. There is both basic and clinical evidence that may support some positive effect of these drugs on motor, cognitive, and language skills; however, only few of the available studies are of sufficient methodological quality (placebo controlled, randomized, blinded, multicenter, etc) to make solid conclusions about their beneficial effects. CONCLUSIONS Currently, the pharmacological stimulation of neuroplasticity still does not have enough scientific evidence to make a systematic therapeutic recommendation for all patients, but it certainly is a feasible and very promising field for future research.
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Wong GK, Wong A, Zee BC, Poon WS, Chan MT, Gin T, Siu DY, Mok VC. Cognitive outcome in acute simvastatin treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A propensity matched analysis. J Neurol Sci 2015; 358:58-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Stienen MN, Weisshaupt R, Fandino J, Fung C, Keller E, Hildebrandt G, Studerus-Germann A, Müri R, Gutbrod K, Bläsi S, Monsch AU, Brugger P, Mondadori C, Sailer M, Bijlenga P, Schaller K, Schatlo B. Current practice in neuropsychological outcome reporting after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2013; 155:2045-51. [PMID: 23887856 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1823-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neuropsychological deficits (NPD) are common in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH). NPD are one of the major limiting factors for patients with an otherwise acceptable prognosis for sustained quality of life. There are only a few studies reporting outcome after aSAH, which used a standardized neuropsychological test battery as a primary or secondary outcome measure. Aim of this study was to determine the current practice of reporting NPD following aSAH in clinical studies. METHODS A MEDLINE analysis was performed using the search term "subarachnoid haemorrhage outcome". The latest 1,000 articles were screened. We recorded study design, number of patients, and the presence of neuropsychological outcome report. Additionally, the time of testing after aSAH, the neuropsychological tests administered, as well as the percentage of patients with NPD were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 324 publications between 2009 and 2012 were selected for further review. Of those, 21 studies (6.5%) reported neuropsychological outcome, in 2,001 of 346,666 patients (0.6%). The assessment of NPD differed broadly using both subjective and objective cognitive evaluation, and a large variety of tests were used. CONCLUSION Neuropsychological outcome is underreported, and there is great variety in assessment in currently published clinical articles on aSAH. Prospective randomized trials treating aSAH may benefit from implementing more comprehensive and standardized neuropsychological outcome measures. This approach might identify otherwise unnoticed treatment effects in future interventional studies of aSAH patients.
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- Martin N Stienen
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacher Str. 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland,
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Wong GKC, Lam SW, Ngai K, Wong A, Siu D, Poon WS, Mok V. Cognitive domain deficits in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage at 1 year. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2013; 84:1054-8. [PMID: 23606736 PMCID: PMC3756437 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive domain deficits can occur after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) though few studies systemically evaluate its impact on 1-year outcomes. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the pattern and functional outcome impact of cognitive domain deficits in aSAH patients at 1 year. METHODS We carried out a prospective observational study in Hong Kong, during which, 168 aSAH patients (aged 21-75 years and had been admitted within 96 h of ictus) were recruited over a 26-month period. The cognitive function was assessed by a domain-specific neuropsychological assessment battery at 1 year after ictus. The current study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov of the US National Institutes of Health (NCT01038193). RESULTS Prevalence of individual domain deficits varied between 7% to 15%, and 13% had two or more domain deficits. After adjusting for abbreviated National Institute of Health Stroke Scale and Geriatric Depressive Scale scores, unfavourable outcome (Modified Rankin Scale 3-5) and dependent instrumental activity of daily living (Lawton Instrumental Activity of Daily Living<15) were significantly associated with two or more domain deficits and number of cognitive domain deficits at 1 year. Two or more domain deficits was independently associated with age (OR, 1.1; 95% CI 1.1 to 1.2; p<0.001) and delayed cerebral infarction (OR, 6.1; 95% CI 1.1 to 33.5; p=0.036), after adjustment for years of school education. INTERPRETATION In patients with aSAH, cognitive domain deficits worsened functional outcomes at 1 year. Delayed cerebral infarction was an independent risk factor for two or more domain deficits at 1 year.
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- George Kwok Chu Wong
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Rinkel GJE, Algra A. Long-term outcomes of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Lancet Neurol 2011; 10:349-56. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(11)70017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Natural history and medical treatment of cognitive dysfunction after spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: review of current literature with respect to aneurysm treatment. J Neurol Sci 2010; 299:5-8. [PMID: 20850796 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 08/21/2010] [Accepted: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) has the highest mortality and morbidity among all types of stroke. Unfortunately, cognitive dysfunction remains a major problem to those who survive the acute crisis. Most studies focused on patients after microsurgical clipping, which turned out to be different from the modern patient cohorts. With the widespread introduction of endovascular surgery as the first choice of treatment, there was a hope that post-aSAH cognitive dysfunction could be markedly reduced. However, data showed that post-aSAH cognitive dysfunction remained a major burden to the survivors of our modern patient cohort that returned to the community more than nine months after the initial haemorrhage. There is, therefore, a need to further understand its pathophysiology and natural history, and to develop effective treatment strategy. The results are encouraging and further clinical studies are indicated. Collaborations between cognitive scientists, neurologists and neurosurgeons are essential to advance the understanding of the problem.
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