High risk clinical characteristics for subarachnoid haemorrhage in patients with acute headache: Prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7781, 2010, Pages 1035-

  Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a   Sivilotti, Marco L A ^b   Bullard, Michael J ^c   Lee, Jacques S ^d   Eisenhauer, Mary ^e   Symington, Cheryl ^a   Mortensen, Melodie ^a   Sutherland, Jane ^a   Lesiuk, Howard ^a   Wells, George A ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; XANTHOCHROMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349288104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5204     Document Type: Article

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