Jolt accentuation and its value as a sign in diagnosis of meningitis in patients with fever and headache
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Jolt accentuation and its value as a sign in diagnosis of meningitis in patients with fever and headache
OBJECTIVES Meningitis is an important disease among the patients being visited in Emergency Departments (EDs). There are many signs to diagnose it with different sensitivity and specificity reported in previously done studies. Current study tries to evaluate diagnostic accuracy of "Jolt accentuation" in the diagnosis (Dx.) of meningitis in patients with fever and headache. MATERIALS AND METHO...
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Introduction The diagnostic value of clinical signs in early diagnosis of meningitis has been evaluated but the existing results are contradicting. The present study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of Kernig, Brudzinski, neck stiffness, and Jolt Accentuation of Headache (JAH) signs in this regard. Methods In this diagnostic accuracy study, patients with suspected meningitis who were referred t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2452-2473
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjem.2016.11.001