Does 16-Detector Computed Tomography Improve Detection of Non-traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Emergency Department?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Lourenco, Ana P ^a   Mayo Smith, William W ^a   Tubbs, Robert J ^a   Sidman, Robert ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral angiography; emergency department diagnosis; lumbar puncture; multi detector computed tomography; non traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

16 DETECTOR COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649103900     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.066     Document Type: Article

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