ED patients with vertigo: Can we identify clinical factors associated with acute stroke?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-591

  Chase, Maureen ^a   Joyce, Nina R ^a   Carney, Erin ^a   Salciccioli, Justin D ^a   Vinton, Deborah ^b   Donnino, Michael W ^a   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DYSMETRIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYNCOPE; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 84861152275     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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