Headaches in the accident and emergency department

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 202-206

  Craig, John J ^a   Patterson, Victor H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENCEPHALITIS; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SINUSITIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0031553752     PISSN: 00071064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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