An international study of emergency physicians' practice for acute headache management and the need for a clinical decision rule

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-522

  Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Eagles, Debra ^a   Clement, Catherine M ^a   Brehaut, Jamie ^a   Kelly, Anne Maree ^b   Mason, Suzanne ^c   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rules; Computed tomography; Emergency department; Headache; Lumbar puncture; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953276033     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011775     Document Type: Article

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