Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the setting of negative cranial computed tomography results: External validation of a clinical and imaging prediction rule

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mark, Dustin G ^a   Hung, Yun Yi ^b   Offerman, Steven R ^a   Rauchwerger, Adina S ^b   Reed, Mary E ^b   Chettipally, Uli ^a   Vinson, David R ^a   Ballard, Dustin W ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84880804637     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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