Why Does the Sensitivity of Computed Tomographic Scan for Detecting Subarachnoid Blood Never Improve?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 705-706

  Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43449122158     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.031     Document Type: Editorial

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