Objectives: This study evaluated the incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and the
use of computed tomography (CT) and lumbar puncture (LP) in a cohort of emergency …

The purpose of the Research to Practice column is to review current primary journal articles
that directly affect the practice of the advanced practice nurse (APN) in the emergency …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Current clinical practice assumes a negative computed tomography
(CT) head scan result and a negative lumbar puncture result together are adequate to rule …

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to externally validate the OSR in a single
national health service (NHS) setting in the UK and secondly, to compare it with our current …

Objectives: There is little evidence guiding physicians in the evaluation of acute headache to
rule out nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The authors assessed emergency …

Objectives The objective was to determine the incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage
(SAH) diagnosed by lumbar puncture (LP) when the head computed tomography (CT) was …

Background and purpose: To find a specified diagnosis for every patient investigated in the
hospital emergency room for acute headache suspicious of subarachnoid haemorrhage …

Objective. To assess the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) to identify subarachnoid
bleeding in patients with neurologic deficits seeking emergency care for sudden headache …

Aim: Assess and correlate the clinical presentation, cranial CT and lumbar puncture (LP)
findings in patients presenting with acute headache, clinically suspicious of subarachnoid …

Background CT has excellent sensitivity for subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) when
performed within 6 hours of headache onset, but it is unknown to what extent patients with …