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Delays in brain haemorrhage treatment affect patient care

There are serious concerns that delays in the pathway of care for patients with a subarachnoid (brain) haemorrhage, resulting from the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (aSAH), are affecting the quality of patient care, despite major improvements in the treatment of aSAH, the latest National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death reveals.

There are serious concerns that delays in the pathway of care for patients with a subarachnoid (brain) haemorrhage, resulting from the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (aSAH), are affecting the quality of patient care, despite major improvements in the treatment of aSAH, the latest National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death reveals. Managing the Flow? found that there were delays in assessment, diagnosis, referral, transfer and treatment of patients in the study, which were more marked if the patient was admitted over a weekend.  Report co-author Dr Alex Goodwin, NCEPOD Clinical Co-ordinator and Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care,

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