The investigation of acute severe headache suggestive of probable subarachnoid haemorrhage: A hospital-based study

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 580-584

  Webb, S ^a   Bone, I ^a   Lindsay, K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1642497545     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001627858     Document Type: Review

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