Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Dillema, LP or Not To LP

Neurology

Still a dilemma, Patient with thunderclap headache, sudden Onset, “worse headache in Life” and Ct scan and then CTA, MRA, LP??? still the classic answer works: CT non contrast and then LP, there are articles to decrease threshold in time sensitive period up to six hours, but still needs to have classic approach, CT. LP.

 

Time-dependent test characteristics of head computed tomography in patients suspected of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.