Evaluating the Sensitivity of Visual Xanthochromia in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Arora, Sanjay ^a   Swadron, Stuart P ^a   Dissanayake, Vinoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic testing; lumbar puncture; subarachnoid hemorrhage; xanthochromia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; XANTHOCHROMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLORIMETRY; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLORIMETRY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953618747     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.09.052     Document Type: Article

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