Spinal imaging for the adult obtunded blunt trauma patient
‘You can’t clear the cervical spine until the patient wakes up!’ How often have you heard this said about a […]
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CT
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Offensive medicine: CT before LP
I’m getting worn down by clinicians – often other specialists – who insist that CT imaging of the brain is […]
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Flat IVC on CT associated with deterioration
Image: CT Scanner (NIH BioArt 373 – 632561) by Courtesy of NIAID Ryan Kissinger, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons BACKGROUND: […]
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CT cervical spine in obtunded trauma patients
Prolonged collar use and spinal immobilisation in ICU patients can contribute to pressure sores, increased intracranial pressure, venous obstruction, difficulties […]
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Whole-body CT during trauma resuscitation
German trauma patients are more likely to survive if they have a whole body CT rather than selective scans. Or […]