Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: Diabolical hormone or epiphenomenon in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Abstract

Inflammation is purported to play an important role in the clinical course of subarachnoid hemorrhage. The current study by Höllig et al. entails using dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, a hormone that inhibits key inflammatory pathways, as a predictor of functional outcome in these patients.