{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Andersen \u2014 Have We Actually Improved SAH Outcomes in 15 Years?","description":"Chris Andersen has spent a career treating subarachnoid haemorrhage, and he opens this episode by admitting we might have wasted a fortune treating vasospasm without evidence to show for it. Host Oli Flower and Chris Andersen, co-conveners of ISAH 2026, dig into why SAH care hasn't seen the revolution ischaemic stroke has, why delayed cerebral ischaemia (DCI) is the field's great unsolved problem, and why fewer than 10% of SAH trials have ever asked patients what actually matters to them. Chris Andersen is a neurocritical care specialist and co-convener of ISAH 2026, the International Conference on Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, running 17\u201320 November in Sydney. In this episode:   02:56 \u2014 If you could solve one problem in SAH in the next decade, what would it be?  03:52 \u2014 Have outcomes actually improved in the last 15 years?  05:52 \u2014 The treatment we've poured money into without proof it works  08:53 \u2014 Is DCI the ARDS of subarachnoid haemorrhage?  10:30 \u2014 Precision medicine: substance or buzzword?  13:32 \u2014 What AI can realistically do for SAH care in the next 5 years  16:56 \u2014 The best debates coming to ISAH 2026  19:12 \u2014 Lumbar drains and the EARLYDRAIN trial, three years on  22:23 \u2014 Platform trials: the future, or an expensive way to spend grant money?  26:23 \u2014 What clinicians get wrong about recovery \u2014 and what patients actually want measured  32:11 \u2014 The tech that sounds like science fiction but might be routine in 10 years  35:40 \u2014 Why SAH needs a global alliance, not another society  39:26 \u2014 Lightning round: most overrated treatment, biggest unanswered question, and a prediction Chris might regret  ISAH 2026 runs 17\u201320 November in Sydney. View the program and register at subarachnoid.org ","author_name":"Neuro Resus","author_url":"http:\/\/www.neuroresus.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42457675\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/205158355"}