Headache in the emergency department: Importance of history in identifying secondary etiologies

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 617-621

  Svenson, James ^a,b   Cowen, David ^a   Rogers, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Diagnosis; Etiology; Headache; Medical history taking; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TINNITUS;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING;

EID: 0030763231     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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