Headache management - Are we doing enough? An observational study of patients presenting with headache to the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-332

  Locker, T ^a   Mason, S ^a   Rigby, A ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2342655827     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.012351     Document Type: Article

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