Diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage: Are we doing better?

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1129-1131

  Edlow, Jonathan A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aneurysms; Cerebrovascular disease; Diagnostic methods; Misdiagnosis; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TENSION HEADACHE; CANADA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247847962     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000259854.65818.57     Document Type: Editorial

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