{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]],"date-time":"2026-09-21T09:34:15Z","timestamp":1789983255899,"version":"4.0.1"},"reference-count":29,"publisher":"Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2003,8]]},"abstract":"<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Object.<\/jats:italic> The goal of this study was to analyze the relationship between cocaine use and outcomes of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> A retrospective review was performed of the medical records of patients with intracranial aneurysms treated at a single institution between January 1996 and December 2001. Only patients who presented with SAH were included in the study. The covariates chosen for the statistical analysis included the following: patient age, sex, and race; systolic and mean arterial blood pressure measurements on hospital admission; Hunt and Hess and Fisher grades; preexistent major systemic disease; and history of alcohol, tobacco, or cocaine use. The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was used to standardize outcome and was dichotomized such that a score between 1 and 3 was considered a poor outcome and a score of 4 or 5 was considered a favorable outcome.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">The records of 151 patients were reviewed and 108 of these presented with aneurysmal SAH. Of these 108 patients, 36 (33.3%) had used cocaine within 24 hours before presentation. A Hunt and Hess grade of IV or V was assigned to 20 (55.6%) of 36 patients who used cocaine, compared with eight (11.1%) of 72 patients who did not; this difference was found to be statistically significant (p &lt; 0.0001). Twenty-eight patients (77.8%) in the cocaine user group and 20 patients (27.8%) in the non\u2014cocaine user group experienced clinically significant, angiographically confirmed vasospasm during their hospital course (p &lt; 0.0001). Cocaine use was associated with a 2.8-fold greater risk of developing vasospasm (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.86\u20134.22). A GOS score of 1, 2, or 3 was assigned to 33 patients (91.7%) in the cocaine user group and to 20 patients (27.8%) in the non\u2014cocaine user group (p &lt; 0.0001). Cocaine use was associated with a 3.3-fold greater risk of poor outcome (95% CI 2.24\u20134.85). This association was found to be independent of Hunt and Hess grade as well as of vasospasm.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic> Cocaine adversely affects both the presentation of and outcome in patients with aneurysmal SAH who are undergoing treatment for this disease. The vasoactive properties of the drug appear to aggravate the already tenuous situation of SAH and increase both the occurrence and influence of cerebral vasospasm. Statistical analysis demonstrates that cocaine directly affects both presentation and outcome in a significant manner. It is the authors' interpretation of the results of this retrospective review that cocaine use negatively affects outcome to such an extent that it should be considered equal to the presence of a major systemic illness when determining Hunt and Hess grade.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.2003.99.2.0271","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,13]],"date-time":"2009-05-13T17:53:44Z","timestamp":1242237224000},"page":"271-275","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":64,"title":["Cocaine use as a predictor of outcome in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"99","author":[{"given":"Jay U.","family":"Howington","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Scott C.","family":"Kutz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory E.","family":"Wilding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deepak","family":"Awasthi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Population Estimates 1990.","year":"1991"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"US Armed Forces Med J","first-page":"1813","article-title":"Relation of hypertension to arterial aneurysms of the brain.","volume":"3","author":"Black","year":"1952"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Stroke","first-page":"869","article-title":"Current concepts of cerebrovascular disease\u2014stroke: stroke and drug abuse.","volume":"13","author":"Caplan","year":"1982"},{"key":"b4","series-title":"Am J Cardiol","first-page":"1185","article-title":"Cardiovascular dangers of cocaine abuse.","volume":"57","author":"Cregler","year":"1986"},{"key":"b5","series-title":"Nature","first-page":"313","article-title":"Site of action of cocaine on the perfused artery.","volume":"214","author":"De La Lande","year":"1967"},{"key":"b6","series-title":"Neurosurgery","first-page":"1","article-title":"Relation of cerebral vasospasm to subarachnoid hemorrhage visualized by computerized tomographic scanning.","volume":"6","author":"Fisher","year":"1980"},{"key":"b7","series-title":"N Engl J Med","first-page":"1173","article-title":"Cocaine and other stimulants. 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