Symptoms presented during emergency telephone calls for patients with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Asger SonneSarita EgholmLaurits ElgaardNiklas BreindahlAlice Herrlin JensenVagn EskesenFreddy LippertFrans Boch WaldorffNicolai LohseLars Simon RasmussenPublished in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2021)
Headache, nausea/vomiting, and neck pain had the highest sensitivity and strongest association with SAH in emergency telephone calls. Unspecific symptoms such as inability to stand up, speech difficulty or sweating were reported in 1 out of 5 calls. Interestingly, 1 in 3 conscious SAH patients did not report headache. Trial registration NCT03980613 ( www.clinicaltrials.gov ).