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Is lumbar puncture still needed in suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage after a negative head computed tomographic scan?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

David Claveau  and
Jerrald Dankoff
David Claveau*
Affiliation:
McGill Emergency Medicine Residency Program, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Jerrald Dankoff
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Sir Mortimer B. David Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
*
Emergency Medicine Residency Program, McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Avenue West, Room A4.62, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1; david.claveau@mail.mcgill.ca

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Keywords

computed tomographylumbar puncturesubarachnoid hemorrhage
Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , May 2014 , pp. 226 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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