Misdiagnosis of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage in the era of multimodal diagnostic options

ISSN
0735-6757
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Doukas, Alexandros
Barth, Harald
Petridis, K Athanasios
Mehdorn, Maximilian
DOI
10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.001
Abstract
Patients suffering from aneurysmatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) may present with a variety of symptoms. The aim of this study is to evaluate the spectrum of misdiagnoses and to analyze the significance of delay of correct diagnosis on the clinical outcome.