Severe intracranial and intraspinal subarachnoid hemorrhage after lumbar puncture: a rare case report

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633.e1-633.e3

  Liu, Wei Hsiu ^a   Lin, Jiann Her ^a   Lin, Jang Chun ^a   Ma, Hsin I ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR ARTERY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 44449124599     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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