Suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage with a negative CT head scan: What next?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 212-217

  Foot, Carole ^a   Merfield, Eve ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Spinal puncture; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEADACHE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0033816464     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2000.00126.x     Document Type: Review

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