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Neurology 2000;54:2156-2158
© 2000 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Interobserver variability of cisternal blood on CT after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

M. van der Jagt, MD, D. Hasan, MD, PhD, H. W. C. Bijvoet, MD, H. Pieterman, MD, P. J. Koudstaal, MD, PhD and C. J. J. Avezaat, MD, PhD

From the University Departments of Neurology (Drs. van der Jagt, Hasan, and Koudstaal), Neurosurgery (Drs. Bijvoet and Avezaat), and Radiology (Dr. Pieterman), Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam Dijkzigt, the Netherlands.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Djo Hasan, Intensive Care Neurology and Neurosurgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Interobserver variability in the prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia by means of blood on CT was investigated in 159 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, admitted within 72 hours after the bleed. The authors found considerable interobserver variability in the assessment of the amount of blood in the individual cisterns. A high sum score was an independent predictor for delayed cerebral ischemia only for rater 1 (rater 1: hazard ratio, 3.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14 to 7.75; rater 2: hazard ratio, 1.72; 95% CI, 0.72 to 4.09). The authors conclude that interobserver variability limits the predictive power of the amount of blood on CT for the occurrence of cerebral ischemia.

Key words: Intracranial aneurysm—Subarachnoid hemorrhage—Amount of blood on CT—Delayed cerebral ischemia.




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