Cranial computed tomography in the emergency evaluation of adult patients without a recent history of head trauma: A prospective analysis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 654-661

  Rothrock, Steven G ^a   Buchanan, Carlton ^a   Green, Steven M ^b   Bullard, Tim ^a   Falk, Jay L ^a   Langen, Michael ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Cerebral; Computed tomography; Diagnostic study; Observational; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030857371     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03756.x     Document Type: Article

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