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Missed Strokes Using Computed Tomography Imaging in Patients With Vertigo
Author(s) -
Keerat Grewal,
Peter C. Austin,
Moira K. Kapral,
Hong Lu,
Clare Atzema
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.007087
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , vertigo , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , population , incidence (geometry) , radiology , nuclear medicine , surgery , mechanical engineering , physics , environmental health , optics , psychiatry , engineering
The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of emergency department (ED) patients with a diagnosis of peripheral vertigo who received computed tomography (CT) head imaging in the ED and to examine whether strokes were missed using CT imaging.

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