A 41-year-old male sawmill worker suffered blunt abdominal trauma while loading logs onto an edger. Initial abdominal CT scan showed subcapsular hepatic hematoma encompassing about 50% of the liver ...
Additionally, the "physicians planned to admit 75.3% of the patients (440/584) to the hospital before the CT; that plan was changed to hospital discharge with follow-up in 24.1% of patients (106/440) ...
In younger patients, the estimated radiation risks associated with abdominal and pelvic computed tomography scans are twice those of older patients, according to a new study. In younger patients, the ...
Starting Jan. 1, 2011 CMS changed the way coders report abdomen and pelvis CT scans performed together, according to a Diagnostic Imaging report. According to the report, the new combined-code ...
CT scans use hundreds of X-rays to create detailed 3D images of things previously visible only through a biopsy or surgery Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal ...
A request for an urgent CT scan to be done out of hours to diagnose a York Hospital patient with abdominal pain was rejected, ...
The decision regarding surgery should be made with guidance from your own doctors. If you continue with nonsurgical treatment, it’s important to look out for symptoms of appendicitis. If you ...
On exploratory celiotomy, the patient was found to have perforation of the proximal third portion of the duodenum, ischemic necrosis of the right colon with perforation, laceration of the colonic ...
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