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ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 08 – August 2016References
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One Response to “Emergency Medicine Literature’s Top Practice-Changing Articles”
August 23, 2016
Charles A. Pilcher MD FACEPhttp://escholarship.org/uc/item/5df972fc#page-1
The above meta-analysis by Meurer et al concludes that CT alone is insufficient to R/O SAH. Still, the points made in reference 8 by Dubosh et al. spin the story only slightly differently. The best solution: Think, document your thoughts and give good discharge instructions if/when you send someone home when SAH was in your differential.