Subdural haematoma
Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) is an ‘ old ’ collec- tion of blood and blood breakdown products in the sub- dural ...the subdural space along the cerebral convexity on computed tomography ...
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Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Chronic subdural haematoma; CT: Computed tomography; Dex: Dexamethasone; EQ-5D: EuroQol Quality of Life questionnaire; GCP: Good Clinical Practice; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; HES: Hospital Episode Statistics; ...
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Dexamethasone therapy versus surgery for chronic subdural haematoma (DECSA trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Background: Chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) is a common neurological disease with a rapidly rising incidence due to increasing age and widespread use of anticoagulants. Surgical intervention by burr-hole ...
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Acute pancreatitis and subdural haematoma in a patient with severe falciparum malaria: Case report and review of literature
... On Day 17, the patient developed one episode of general- ized tonic clonic seizures with post-ictal drowsiness. A CT scan of the brain showed features of acute bi fronto-tem- poral subdural haematoma with ...
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Chronic Subdural Haematoma : A comparative study of burr hole craniostomy and small craniotomy as initial management
... chronic subdural haematoma (cSDH) continues to be tricky, often requiring multiple interventions with varied ...chronic subdural haematoma p presenting to the Department of Neurosurgery, NRS ...
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Dexamethasone therapy versus surgery for chronic subdural haematoma (DECSA trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Background: Chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) is a common neurological disease with a rapidly rising incidence due to increasing age and widespread use of anticoagulants. Surgical intervention by burr-hole ...
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Statistical analysis plan for the Dex CSDH trial: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of a 2 week course of dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma
... initiated which drives the growth of abnormal blood ves- sels and fluid accumulation over the brain surface, sup- ported by findings of high levels of inflammatory markers within the CSDH fluid [3–6]. Steroids, such as ...
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Reversible Pisa syndrome associated to subdural haematoma: case-report
... Background: Pisa Syndrome or Pleurothotonus is a relatively rare truncal dystonia, characterized by tonic flexion of the trunk and head to one side with slight rotation of the body. Since frequently associated to ...
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Pathophysiology of chronic subdural haematoma: inflammation, angiogenesis and implications for pharmacotherapy
... the subdural space was sufficient to initiate the proliferation of these dural border cells ...the subdural space, is not sufficient to initiate progression to a CSDH, although these models are limited by ...
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Analytical Study of Survival of Patients of Traumatic Acute Subdural Haematoma: A Retrospective study.
... Three factors contribute to the presence of midline shift, the first factor is haematoma thickness. Servadei et al 28 found a linear correlation between thickness of haematoma and midline shift. The second ...
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ACUTE SUBDURAL EFFUSIONS AND LATE SEQUELAE OF MENINGITIS
... ACUTE SUBDURAL EFFUSIONS AND LATE SEQUELAE OF MENINGITIS. Services[r] ...
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Spontaneous spinal haematoma: a case report and literature review
... spinal haematoma [7] ...the haematoma. Acute spinal haematoma (less than 1 week) tends to be isodense on T1-weighted sequences and mixed on T2-weighted images but with a low signal ...
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Subperiosteal Drainage versus Subdural Drainage in the Management of Chronic Subdural Hematoma (A Comparative Study)
... Antiepileptic medications were given to patients who presented with seizures upon admission. These perioperative measures were standardised for both groups of patients at both study centres. In all cases, the patient was ...
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Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
... Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a relatively frequent problem in neurologic or neurosurgical practice [1]. The potential for recovery from the evacuation of a CSDH is relatively high. However, some ...
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Head Injury: Early Results of Comparing CT and High Field MR
... TABLE 1: Acute Head Injury" Finding b Hemorrhagic contusions Nonhemorrhagic contusion Subarachnoid hemorrhage Intraventricular hemorrhage Acute subdural hematoma Chronic subdural hematom[r] ...
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SUBDURAL FLUID AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
... Comment: This child had a subdural hematoma which was confirmed at operation and the evi- dence is that it followed rather than preceded the PEG since the subdural taps done on admission[r] ...
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SUBDURAL EFFUSIONS COMPLICATING BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
... of clear colorless fluid with a low total protein content may be obtained from the subdural or subarachnoid space.”.. Historical Review: Collections of subdural fluid, often referred to [r] ...
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CT and MR in infants with pericerebral collections and macrocephaly: benign enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces versus subdural collections
... Therefore, the terms "benign subdural effusions" 8 and "benign subdural collections" 9 have been used to designate both the bifrontal subarachnoid collection of communicating hydrocephal[r] ...
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Infantile subdural empyema: The role of brain sonography and percutaneous subdural tapping in a resource-challenged region.
... all subdural collection in one procedure using a single tap with multiple syringes while the cannula remained in ...bilateral subdural empyema had the procedure repeated on the contralateral side at the ...
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EFFECTIVENESS OF COLD PACK WITH EARLY AMBULATION IN PREVENTING COMPLICATIONS OF HAEMORRHAGE AND HAEMATOMA IN PATIENTS POST CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
... A study conducted by King to compare the compression of sand cushions with cold pack applications after cardiac catheterization showed a significant difference (95% confidence interval, p <0.05) that vasoconstriction ...
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