Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
The ideal therapy and neurocritical care for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) follows from an early and accurate diagnosis. However, approximately 30% of patients with SAH are misdiagnosed at their initial visit to a physician. This article explores the reasons for this alarming error rate: failure to understand the full spectrum of presentation of SAH and failure to know ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000259854.65818.57