Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage on the computerized tomography scan obtained at admission: A multicenter assessment of the accuracy of diagnosis and the potential impact on patient outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 37-42

  Mattioli, Cristina ^a,b,c,d   Beretta, Luigi ^a,b,c,d   Gerevini, Simonetta ^a,b,c,d   Veglia, Fabrizio ^a,b,c,d   Citerio, Giuseppe ^a,b,c,d   Cormio, Manuela ^a,b,c,d   Stocchetti, Nino ^a,b,c,d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Head injury; Outcome; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037221003     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.1.0037     Document Type: Article

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