Factors influencing time to computed tomography in emergency department patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage

Maryam Khan; Marco L A Sivilotti; Michael J Bullard; Marcel Émond; Jane Sutherland; Andrew Worster; Corinne M Hohl; Jacques S Lee; Mary Eisenhauer; Merril Pauls; Howard Lesiuk; George A Wells; Ian G Stiell; Jeffrey J Perry

doi:10.1136/emermed-2016-205785

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Factors influencing time to computed tomography in emergency department patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage

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Maryam Khan Departments of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marco L A Sivilotti Departments of Emergency Medicine and of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael J Bullard Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marcel Émond Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jane Sutherland Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Worster Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Corinne M Hohl Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jacques S Lee Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary Eisenhauer Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Merril Pauls Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Howard Lesiuk Division of Neurosurgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
George A Wells School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ian G Stiell Departments of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey J Perry Departments of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Jeffrey J Perry, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, F647, The Ottawa Hospital, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada; jperry{at}ohri.ca

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Khan M, Sivilotti MLA, Bullard MJ, et al

Factors influencing time to computed tomography in emergency department patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage

Emergency Medicine Journal 2017;34:20-26.

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Received February 11, 2016
Revised August 23, 2016
Accepted August 26, 2016
First published September 22, 2016.

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January 19, 2017

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