Jolt accentuation of headache: can this maneuver rule out acute meningitis?

Abstract Objective Acute meningitis is a medical emergency and its accurate diagnosis could help physicians to accelerate treatment and reduce the mortality and morbidity of patients. Jolt accentuation of headache (Jolt) is an easy clinical maneuver that can be used to diagnose meningitis, but its d...

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Published in:	BMC Research Notes
Main Authors:	Shirin Afhami, Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi, Omid Rezahosseini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-10-01
Subjects:	Meningitis Fever Headache Sensitivity and specificity Predictive value of tests
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2877-1