The role of unenhanced CT alone for the management of headache in an emergency department. A feasibility study

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 335-341

  Rizk, Benoît ^a   Platon, Alexandra ^b   Tasu, Jean Pierre ^a   Becker, Christoph D ^b   Mendes Pereira, Vitor ^b   Perneger, Thomas ^b   Shanmuganathan, Kathirkamanathan ^c   Lövblad, Karl Olof ^b   Poletti, Pierre Alexandre ^b  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalalgia; Cerebral computed tomography angiography; Computed tomography scan; Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Emergency department; Headache; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PHLEBOGRAPH; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRANCE; HEADACHE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRANCE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888292177     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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