Different outcomes from different cohorts: how to validate jolt accentuation?

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Toshiki Uchihara. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 May.

. 2014 May;32(5):476-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.052. Epub 2014 Feb 4.

¹ Department of Neurology (Internal Medicine), Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: uchihara-ts@igakuken.or.jp.

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High pretest probability of meningitis requires lumbar puncture regardless of the finding of jolt accentuation of headache.
Tamune H, Kuki T. Tamune H, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 May;32(5):477-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.047. Epub 2014 Feb 4. Am J Emerg Med. 2014. PMID: 24612592 No abstract available.

Absence of jolt accentuation of headache cannot accurately rule out meningitis in adults.
Tamune H, Takeya H, Suzuki W, Tagashira Y, Kuki T, Nakamura M. Tamune H, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Nov;31(11):1601-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.08.028. Epub 2013 Sep 23. Am J Emerg Med. 2013. PMID: 24070978
Jolt accentuation of headache and other clinical signs: poor predictors of meningitis in adults.
Nakao JH, Jafri FN, Shah K, Newman DH. Nakao JH, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Jan;32(1):24-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.09.012. Epub 2013 Oct 16. Am J Emerg Med. 2014. PMID: 24139448