computerized tomography and ct angiography in intracerebral hemorrhage

Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2014, 12:00

... 1289 Intracerebral Hemorrhage KEY POINTS h The Intracerebral Hemorrhage Score is required documentation at comprehensive stroke centers for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage h Neuromonitoring ... care for intracerebral hemorrhage from presentation through hospital discharge and follow-up CT = computed tomography; EEG = electroencephalogram; ICH = intracerebral hemorrhage; ICU = intensive ... resonance imaging resources and may not be possible in all settings Some monitoring systems are very resource intensive in terms of skilled labor and equipment INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE Intraventricular...

Ngày tải lên: 12/07/2016, 19:43

... infarction  Better non-invasive screening techniques will be required to direct therapy  CT angiography has identified multiple factors that predict MI Further research is necessary to refine ... cases of sudden death and acute myocardial infarction occur in previously asymptomatic patients  Most of these patients have sub-clinical disease and presence of risk factors  Identification ... prior to the index event is crucial to lowering the morbidity/mortality of this condition Conclusions  Identification of the vulnerable plaque/patient will be the next frontier in treatment/prevention...

Ngày tải lên: 15/11/2016, 12:04

... specificity, and 90% diagnostic accuracy, with 23 true-positive findings, 20 true-negative findings, one false-positive findings, and four false-negative findings for diagnosing root avulsion The findings ... findings were compared with the diagnosis for 57 cervical roots in 28 patients Diagnosis was based on intraoperative findings in 25 patients and clinical findings of recovery without surgery in ... true-positive findings, 27 true-negative findings, none false-positive findings, and one false-negative findings for diagnosing root avulsion There was no statistically significant difference in sensitivity,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... acepromazine 0.03 mg/kg, IM, and morphine 0.5 mg/kg, IM After approximately 10 minutes, dissociative anesthesia was induced and maintained with ketamine mg/kg and diazepam 0.5 mg/kg, administered intravenously, ... fixed in 10% buffered formalin Semi-serial sections, 4-μm-thick, were obtained and stained with hematoxylin and eosin The histological results were compared with those obtained previously by fine-needle ... carried out using soft-tissue and lung windows, and it was started from the mediastinum to chest wall in order to detect lesions The plain CT images were compared with the contrast images CT images...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... robustness and reliability, and industry to finalize a product that will receive a European Community marking (CE mark) and a U.S marking (Food and Drug Administration (FDA)) approval Generation and ... SmartCare/PS™ IntelliVent™ PSV ASV PS PC and PS ≥15 kg ≥7 kg wean while maintaining ETPCO2, RR, Vt within predefined range maintaining ETPCO2, RR, Vt, SpO2 within predefined ranges IBW, humidification ... but also aid understanding the complex interactions between rules and achieving preclinical validation In addition such virtual patients, which should ideally be incorporated in the medical device...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... points was measured as a continuous variable Data on infection within first 72 hours including that on admission was also collected Patients with clinical signs and symptoms of infection, including ... did not increase the risk of death independently of other indicators of ICH severity Table Infection data Frequency (Percentage) Infection within 72 hours 55 (13) Lung infection within 72 hours ... peripheral activation of inflammation predicts outcomes after ICH Prior clinical studies have examined temperature, admission leukocyte count and C-reactive protein as measures of inflammation and have...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... Nonetheless, we included point estimates used from NEMESIS in the sensitivity and uncertainty analyses as outlined in the Analysis section below In addition, because early mortality in ICH is much ... because the direction and magnitude of change between the 12 month and year time points for each age band varied and was usually small (min 0.006 in < 55 year olds and max 0.12 in 75-84 year olds) ... people with and without stroke or health experts [8]) including the type and range of tool used; timing of elicitation between the event and the assessment; differences in age and gender; and the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... presentation and neurological exam findings are often used in decision-making regarding transfers, this specific radiographic finding appears to add independent value in predicting tertiary care interventions ... “blind” clinical decision makers to CTA findings In addition, our primary goal was to aid emergency physicians in predicting clinical options that would ultimately be offered to patients, and in ... emergency CT with contrast [17], and so likely have the ability to detect a proximal artery occlusion Imaging Standard imaging at our center for suspected acute ischemic stroke includes CTA and MRI CT...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... of ejection fraction (EF) detected by multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) and echocardiography in conventional pigs and micropigs EF (%) MDCT (n = 3) Fig Left ventriculogram by computerized ... Consequently, MDCT has become an attractive option for evaluating coronary artery obstruction and assessing ventricular function According to a previous study that estimated the EF in humans using MDCT, ... medicine [6], single-detector row helical CT [26], MDCT [12,17], electron beam CT [23], and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [28] Over the past few years, MDCT has become more popular for noninvasive...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 20:23

... of lymph vessels leading to Sentinel nodes and the number of Sentinel nodes Single rout and Single node Multi routs and single node Single rout and multi nodes Multi routs and multi nodes 151(68%) ... combined method in vascular invasion-positive patients compared to negative patients The size of injected parti- http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/57 cles, the injected volume and the injection ... J: Lymphatic mapping with intralesional tracer administration in breast carcinoma patients Cancer 2000, 88:2546-2552 Leong SPL: Selective sentinel lymph node mapping and dissection for malignant...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... measurements and values on intramodality agreement of reading A and reading B (CT vs CT and MRI vs MRI) and intermodality (CT vs MRI) agreements are presented in Table The intramodality agreements of single ... A and B was used for the comparison of CT and MRI volumes *P < 0.01 aIntramodality agreement, reading A minus reading B; intermodality agreement, CT erosion volume minus MRI erosion volume bIntramodality ... after proper training and calibration of readers, appears suitable for use in monitoring joint inflammation and destruction in RA [36] The close correlation with erosion volumes determined by MRI,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... urinary bladder and the pineal gland [2,3] Figure Right kidney (renal pelvis-pelvicalyceal system) Intense presence of syncytiotrophoblasts and trophoblasts in a carcinomatous area (hematoxylin ... few and their characteristics are highlighted in Table Campo et al detected the presence of hCG-immunoreactive cells in nine (19%) out of 47 patients with high grade urothelial carcinoma In only ... Severe intracerebral hemorrhage as an initial presentation of primary choriocarcinoma of the urothelial system has not been described so far Intracerebral hemorrhage represents the commonest clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... immunohistochemical reactivity evaluation, the CT and MRI findings described in this report suggest inclusion of this rare tumor in the differential diagnosis when such findings occur in the retroperitoneum ... [5]: well-defined margins with fibrous capsule, water density on plain CT, subtle enhancement on contrast-enhanced CT, low signal on T1-weighted images, and hyperintensity with low-intensity capsule ... knowledge, MRI and CT images of soft-tissue perineurioma in the retroperitoneum have not been reported The soft-tissue perineurioma in this report was similar to the one in the subcutis of the groin [5]:...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... immunohistochemical reactivity evaluation, the CT and MRI findings described in this report suggest inclusion of this rare tumor in the differential diagnosis when such findings occur in the retroperitoneum ... [5]: well-defined margins with fibrous capsule, water density on plain CT, subtle enhancement on contrast-enhanced CT, low signal on T1-weighted images, and hyperintensity with low-intensity capsule ... knowledge, MRI and CT images of soft-tissue perineurioma in the retroperitoneum have not been reported The soft-tissue perineurioma in this report was similar to the one in the subcutis of the groin [5]:...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... the CT section in ZEEP conditions was manually redrawn on the CT section in PEEP conditions During the regional analysis, two CT sections obtained in PEEP often corresponded to a single CT section ... delineated on the ZEEP CT section was manually delineated on the two corresponding CT sections obtained in PEEP conditions In each of the two regions of interest delineated in ZEEP and PEEP conditions ... by Venegas and colleagues [22] The lower and upper inflection points as well as the slope of the linear part of the curve between lower and upper inflection points were computed from inspiratory...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of interleukin-1β and -6 in patients with SAH are increased during the vasospasm period and in those in whom vasospasm and ischemia develop later [28] Genetic and ... dynamic interplay between the inciting factors, they might fluctuate Symptoms range from vague and non-specific, such as excess sleepiness, lethargy, and stupor, to a spectrum of localizing findings ... hypervolemia [77] A small retrospective cohort reported worsening outcome after discontinuing routine use of albumin to induce hypervolemia in SAH [80] Lumbar drainage of CSF and intracisternal thrombolysis...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... brain injury events (cardiovascular instability, increased ICP, hypoxia, or seizures) in neurosurgical ICU patients undergoing CT scanning in the radiology suite or in the ICU Secondary brain injury ... that plain radiographs and supplementary CT scanning is as effective as comprehensive CT scanning In comatose patients with no apparent spinal deficit and a negative comprehensive CS CT scan, ... secondary spinal injury may actually prevent potential braininjured functional survivors from realizing their destiny Costs of prolonged cervical collar use and MRI scanning Stelfox and coworkers...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... (P = 0.005) as did that of having any infection (P = 0.0015) The lowest infection rate was observed in SAH patients with 13 infections (5 in AOX and in placebo) in 10 patients Length of mechanical ... platelets were determined daily for clinical purposes, and aspartate amino transferase, alanine amino transferase, and urate were determined three times weekly using standard clinical laboratory ... developed in 66 (33%) patients (30 and 36, or 29% and 37%, respectively, in AOX and placebo groups; P = 0.11); it was most frequent in the cardiac patients (P < 0.0001) and least frequent in SAH (2 in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... indomethacin on closure of patent ductus arteriosus, it was ineffective with respect to IVH prevention.7 Activated factor VII—Recombinant activated factor VII (rVIIa) was originally developed in preclinical ... PHH include intraventricular streptokinase, repeated lumbar or ventricular punctures, and DRIFT (drainage, irrigation, and fibrinolytic therapy), but these interventions have proved ineffective.96,97,99 ... this injury to developing brain for almost four decades (Table 1) These interventions have included phenobarbital, pavulon, vitamin E, ethamsylate, indomethacin, ibuprofen, and recombinant activated...

Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2015, 13:09