A decision guideline for emergency department utilization of noncontrast head computed tomography in HIV-infected patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1010-1019

  Rothman, Richard E ^a   Keyl, Penelope M ^a   McArthur, Justin C ^a,b   Beauchamp Jr , Norman J ^a   Danyluk, Taras ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Computed tomography (CT); Decision guidelines; HIV; Neurology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032869202     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01184.x     Document Type: Article

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