Author
N of patients
PreNS
Neurological state (GCS/NIHSS)
Involved SABV
Neurological outcomes
Okita Y et al [12] 50 TIA 10 coma/altered consciousness 12 hemiplegia 28 GCS: severe (3-8) 12 moderate (9-12) 18 mild (11-13) 20 RCCA 34 LCCA 2 B-CCA 14 improved 14 no change 16 worsened 3
Sugiyama K et al [13]
19
neurological deficit 8
NA
CCA
improved 3 no change 11 worsened 5
Gomibuchi T et al [14] 42 persistent neurological deficit 8 transient 5 no 29 NA RCCA 28 LCCA 5 B-CCA 9 NewPOND 16
Sasaki H et al [8]
9
seizure 2 hemiplegia 4 Japan Coma Scale 2(6), 20(2), 200(1)
IA or RCCA
improved 9 no change 0 worsened 0
Shimura S et al [15]
16
coma 10 hemiplegia 6 GCS: ≤8 (10) IA 16, RCCA12 LCCA 7 LSA 8 improved 14 no change 0 worsened 2
Luehr M et al [16] 23 syncope 7, seizure 1, vertigo 5, photopsia 1, confusion 7 NA B-CCA 1 LCCA 10 RCCA 12 NewPOND 14
Di Eusanio M et al[3]
99
syncope 61, CVA 87, coma 54
NA
NA
post-CVA 11 post-coma 9
Morimoto N et al [5]
41
coma 7, stupor 13, hemiplegia 19, hemianopsia 2
NIHSS:10.7±7.9 (median 8.0)
CCA
improved 26 no change 15 worsened ?
Nakamura Y et al [17]
10
hemiplegia 9, CVA 6, motor aphasia 1
NIHSS: 5.5±2.9 (4-13)
IA 3 B-CCA 7 improved 10 no change 0 worsened 0
Tsukube T et al [18]
24
coma 27
GCS 6.5 (3-10) NIHSS 31.4±6.6 unilateral 12 bilateral 10 improved 19 no change ? worsened 1
Estrera AL et al [9] 14 CVA 16 coma 1 NIHSS: 12.9 NA improved 8 no change 6 worsened 1 (< 10 hs, 80% improved > 10hs, none improved)
Tanaka H et al [19]
16
hemiplegia 8, TIA 6, coma 5, drawsy 3, deficit of consciousness 2
GCS: 9.5±5.2 (16, 5; 9-11, 4; <6, 7) RCCA 4 LCCA 1 B-CCA 11 improved 5 no change 6 worsened 5
Total
363
GCS (4 papers) definition is varied. [2]NIHSS score 18.2±13.3 (4 papers) RCCA (n=99), LCCA (n=25) , B-CCA (n=52), CCA (n=131), IA (n=19), LSA (n=8) improved 108 no change 54 worsened 17 (of 199 patients)