Indications for computed tomography after minor head injury. Canadian CT Head and Cervical-Spine Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:1570-1.Stiell I, Laupacis A, Wells G, Canadian CT Head and Cervical-Spine Study Group. Indications for computed tomography after minor head injury. Canadian ...
Indications for CT in Patients Receiving Anticoagulation after Head TraumaBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Head CT is frequently ordered for trauma patients who are receiving anticoagulation. However, whether patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 and normal findings on neurologic examination ...
Patients registered with the German ACC Registry with refractory ACC progressing after cytotoxic therapies were offered treatment with bevacizumab (5 mg/kg body weight i.v. every 21 days) and oral capecitabine (950 mg/m(2) twice-daily for 14 days followed by 7 days of rest) in 2006 to 200...
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These indications for CT including JCS may be useful in the management of patients with mild head injury. (author)doi:10.2176/nmc.47.291ONO, KenichiroWADA, KojiroTAKAHARA, TakashiSHIROTANI, ToshikiThe Japan Neurosurgical SocietyNeurol.med.chir
or may cause injury to the patient. If any of the procedures below is required by medical necessity, the procedure(s) should be performed as far from the implanted components as possible. Stimulator function should be confirmed after the procedure. Ultimately, however, ...
A local anesthetic is usually used and ultrasound may provide guidance. Before injection, dry needling may be carried out. After the procedure, patients are instructed to avoid strenuous or excessive use of the tendon for several weeks (NICE, 2009)....
The most common application of a halo in the cervical spine is for intraoperative positioning to fix the head to an operating table for a prone posterior cervical spine approach. We use a halo for positioning for all patients under the age of 10, or those with a soft or brittle bone disea...
A head-to-head comparison between FAP-specific PET and FDG, ideally with follow-up imaging after the appli- cation of anti-tuberculous therapy, could help to clarify the role of FAP-specific PET in this disease. The same applies to other tracers that have been tested for this indication ...
In coarctation of the aorta, CMR is used for assessment before and after intervention (Fig. 2). In addition to delineating the anatomy [45], CMR provides information on severity through assessment of the peak velocity at the obstruction site, extent of collat- eral flow, and ventricular ...