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The overall morbidity and mortality in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and intracranial aneurysm surgery remains unacceptably high. Pathophysiologically, SAH is complicated out of proportion to the benign anatomical appearance of the underlying vascular lesion. The final common factors producing an unfavorable outcome are decreased cerebral blood flow, ischemia, and infarction. Perfusion pressure is the major variable related to cerebral blood flow and accessible to therapeutic manipulation, thus, ICP should be as important as systemic blood pressure in the management of these patients. Furthermore, a slack brain is essential for satisfactory surgical results. ICP should be an important parameter in anticipating the state of the brain.
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Kassell, N.F., Peerless, S.J., Reilly, P.L. (1976). ICP, Aneurysms, and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. In: Beks, J.W.F., Bosch, D.A., Brock, M. (eds) Intracranial Pressure III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66508-0_26
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