Dizziness and yield of emergency head CT scan: Is it cost effective?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 312-

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a,c   Dubey, N ^b   Bakshi, R ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTIGO;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17144421229     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.012765     Document Type: Letter

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