Prevalence of herniation and intracranial shift on cranial tomography in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and a normal neurologic examination

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-428

  Baraff, Larry J ^a   Byyny, Richard L ^b   Probst, Marc A ^c   Salamon, Noriko ^a   Linetsky, Michael ^a   Mower, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain herniation; Computed tomography; Lumbar puncture; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951077577     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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