Initial Misdiagnosis and Outcome after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 866-869

  Kowalski, Robert G ^a   Claassen, Jan ^a   Kreiter, Kurt T ^a   Bates, Joseph E ^a   Ostapkovich, Noeleen D ^a   Connolly, E Sander ^a   Mayer, Stephan A ^a,b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TENSION HEADACHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1442358537     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.7.866     Document Type: Article

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