Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in the Emergency Department: Retrospective Analysis of 17 Cases and Review of the Literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-147

  Fischer, Christopher ^a   Goldstein, Joshua ^b   Edlow, Jonathan ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; neurology

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; MULTIVITAMIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETHARGY; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRAINE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINUSITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN AREA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 76449116504     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.061     Document Type: Article

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