Spinal fluid test could help doctors spot brain damage after bleeds

NCT ID NCT04998370

Summary

This study aimed to see if measuring hemoglobin (a protein from blood) in the spinal fluid could help doctors monitor for and predict secondary brain injury in patients who had a brain bleed from a burst aneurysm. Researchers observed 366 adult patients for 14 days after their bleed, collecting spinal fluid samples to check for links between hemoglobin levels and later brain complications. The goal was to validate this measurement as a useful monitoring tool, not to test a new treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie

    Linz, 4040, Austria

  • Kantonsspital Aarau

    Aarau, Canton of Aargau, CH-5001, Switzerland

  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen

    Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, CH-9007, Switzerland

  • Klinikum rechts der Isar TUM

    München, Bavaria, 81675, Germany

  • Medizinische Universität Wien, Klinik für Neurochirurgie

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • University Hospital Zurich

    Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

  • Universitätsklinikum Mannheim

    Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, 68167, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

    Tübingen, Tübingen, 72076, Germany

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