Evidence-based diagnosis of nontraumatic headache in the emergency department: A consensus statement on four clinical scenarios

Headache

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 587-595

  Cortelli, Pietro ^a   Cevoli, Sabina ^b   Nonino, Francesco ^c   Baronciani, Dante ^c   Magrini, Nicola ^c   Re, Giuseppe ^d   De Berti, Gianni ^e   Manzoni, Gian Camillo ^f   Querzani, Pietro ^g   Vandelli, Alberto ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Ce VEAS Ctr for the Evaluation   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Santa Maria Nuova Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g Pierantoni Hospital   (Italy)

^h Emergency Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Electroencephalography; Emergencies; Guidelines; Spinal puncture; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 2942694278     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.446007.x     Document Type: Review

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