The following is a summary of "Pan Scan for Geriatric Trauma Patients: Overkill or Necessary?," published in the February 2025 issue of The American Journal of Surgery by Thomas et al. Patients with ...

Brain scans are an essential part of bipolar disorder research but not of diagnosis. Psychiatrists make a diagnosis based on ...

But CT scans don’t catch everything ... understanding that their concussion had left them with a long-lasting brain injury.

A car accident. A football tackle. An unfortunate fall. These things—and more—can cause head injuries. Head injuries can happen to anyone, at any age, and they can damage the brain.

Head injury is a common cause of acquired neurological and cognitive disability in childhood. Indications for CT scan in children with head injury are well documented in NICE Guidelines ...

Hemorrhagic contusions of any size were present on the initial head CT scan in 48% of patients, but hemorrhagic contusions with a total volume of >5 cc were present in only 10%. New or expanded ...

trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. » What are the typical radiation doses associated with CT examinations? CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of ...

Cancers occurring in the mouth, nose, and throat are on the rise in the U.S., especially in younger people. About 60,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, with one in five cases occurring in people ...

The state has temporarily rested its case with one witness left to take the stand next week in the trial of Joshua Thomas ...

The intervention group will receive a contrast-enhanced total-body CT scan (head to pelvis) during the primary survey. The control group will be evaluated according to local conventional trauma ...

With the recent report of increase in stroke cases observed after this holiday season by the Department of Health (DOH)1, ...