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Loss of consciousness a marker of early brain injury in subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Loss of consciousness is a common presenting symptom in patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to brain aneurysm. Corresponding author Stephan A. Mayer, M.D., of the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and coauthors suggest loss of consciousness may be an indicator of a severe bleeding event and therefore a predictor of death or poor functional outcome a year later, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.

To read the full article and an accompanying editorial by R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, Canada, plus hear an audio interview with the authors, please visit the For The Media website.

(JAMA Neurol. Published online November 9, 2015. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3188. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com.)

Editor's Note: An author made a conflict of interest disclosure. Funding/support disclosures also were made. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.

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