Hot Off the Press: An Observational Study of 2,248 Patients Presenting with Headache, Suggestive of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, That Received a Lumbar Puncture Following a Normal Computed Tomography of the Head

Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Jun;23(6):750-2. doi: 10.1111/acem.12919. Epub 2016 May 11.

Authors

Lauren M Westafer¹, William K Milne², Christopher R Carpenter³

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University, Springfield, MA.
² Emergency Medicine, University of Western Ontario School of Medicine, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
³ Emergency Medicine and Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

PMID: 26834085
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12919

No abstract available

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Head / diagnostic imaging
Headache / diagnosis*
Headache / etiology*
Humans
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Puncture / adverse effects*
Spinal Puncture / methods
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

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