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Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule calculator

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  • age ge 40
  • neck pain or stiffness
  • arrival by ambulance
  • witnessed loss of consciousness
  • onset during exertion
  • thunderclap headache
  • limited neck flexion

Primary source

Perry JJ et al. Clinical decision rules to predict subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with acute headache. CMAJ. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091816. PMID: 20530183. Scope: count of high-risk Ottawa SAH predictors (age ≥40, neck pain/stiffness, ambulance arrival, witnessed LOC, exertional onset, thunderclap headache, limited neck flexion); 0 criteria indicates low-risk classification in the derivation/validation cohorts. (2010)

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