How good is a negative cranial computed tomographic scan result in excluding subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 507-516

  Edlow, Jonathan A ^a,b   Wyer, Peter C ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033735292     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2000.109449     Document Type: Article

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