[Subarachnoid hemorrhage (author's transl)]

Since the world-wide introduction of computer tomography, neurology is undergoing a radical change which also affects the care of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. This not rare clinical condition can now be recognized earlier and more accurately, better assessed and in some cases can therefore be treated earlier and with greater success. The following considerations are based on experience in 146 patients who were observed in the clinic during the last ten years. In 68 of these patients the source of the hemorrhage, an aneurysm, could be demonstrated by clinical means.