[Back pain and radicular pain after subarachnoid haemorrhages].

Subarachnoid haemorrhages (SAH) are acute life-threatening events that are frequently misdiagnosed. 4% of patients with SAH do not have the typical acute intense headaches, but present with other symptoms. Misdiagnosis leads to treatment delays and, consequently, higher morbidity and mortality.

Management of chronic hypertension in older men: an exploration of patient goal-setting.

Objective: Goal-setting is an approach to collaborative chronic care that involves clinicians and patients working together to set goals and to initiate and maintain specific self-care behaviors. Using patients' own perspectives, this study describes how goals for the self-management of hypertension are developed and whether or not they conform to the characteristics of effective goal-setting.

Methods: Qualitative methodology was used to explore the process of setting self-management goals for hypertensive patients.