ALLMedicine™ Epidural Hematoma Center

May 4th, 2022 - Practice Essentials In the United States, closed head injury, or traumatic brain injury (TBI), has an annual incidence of approximately 500 in 100,000. Around 80% of all TBI cases are categorized as mild head injuries.[1] Approximately 15% of thes...

May 2nd, 2022 - Supraorbital keyhole craniotomy is a minimally invasive approach used to access the parasellar region with advantages of decreased cortical exposure, simple closure, and decreased risk of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak. The incision of thi...

Apr 14th, 2022 - The best mode of analgesia delivery after hepatectomy is currently unknown. Many institutions routinely use continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) for pain control in hepatectomy patients. However, its safety has been the subject of debate. Paraverte...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Liver cancer was the third leading cause of cancer death in both sexes in Hong Kong and liver resection remains the mainstay of curative treatment. Post-operative recovery from liver resection has historically been fraught with a high incidence of...

Apr 1st, 2022 - After severe traumatic brain injury, patients often present with signs of increased intracranial hypertension and partially require decompressive craniectomies. Artificial materials are usually required to repair skull defects and spontaneous skul...

Feb 6th, 2019 - Interventional pain management involves diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. This specialty utilizes minimally invasive procedures to target therapeutics to the central nervous system and the spinal column. A subset of patients encountered in ...

Apr 14th, 2022 - The best mode of analgesia delivery after hepatectomy is currently unknown. Many institutions routinely use continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) for pain control in hepatectomy patients. However, its safety has been the subject of debate. Paraverte...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Liver cancer was the third leading cause of cancer death in both sexes in Hong Kong and liver resection remains the mainstay of curative treatment. Post-operative recovery from liver resection has historically been fraught with a high incidence of...

Dec 17th, 2021 - Enoxaparin is a factor Xa inhibitor commonly used for both prophylaxis against and treatment of thromboembolism. It is also frequently used off-label as a perioperative bridge for patients that are chronically anticoagulated prior to surgery, such...

Dec 6th, 2021 - Acute postoperative pain at median sternotomy sites is common in cardiac surgery patients. Inadequate control of acute pain can lead to sympathetic activation, hemodynamic sequelae, respiratory compromise, delirium and contributes to the developme...

Aug 4th, 2021 - Patients that present to Dayton Children's Hospital with a head CT order for suspected TBI will be approached for enrollment. An alert will notify study personnel as CT scans are ordered. The goal is to obtain NIRS data within four-hours before or...

Apr 1st, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), giving a bolus of hypertonic saline is associated with "a significant, albeit relatively modest, reduction" in intracranial pressure during the initial hour of treat...

Nov 15th, 2018 - Assessing Risk for More Severe Head Injury Twelve hours later, he was experiencing photophobia, nausea, vomiting, and headache. His mother took him to a nearby hospital. A repeat CT scan was ordered, which showed a slightly larger contusion withou...

May 16th, 2018 - ANSWER The image shows a large, convex hyperdensity within the left parietal region. This is a textbook image of an acute epidural hematoma.

Dec 5th, 2017 - Most patients with mild traumatic brain injury recover in 48-72 hours, even with detailed neuropsychological testing, and are headache free within 2-4 weeks of the injury. Obtain a more detailed history of emotional, concentration, and associated ...

Sep 1st, 2016 - The first 15 years of the new millennium have seen a great increase in research on neuroimaging in children and adolescents who have a psychiatric disorder. In addition, imaging modalities continue to evolve, and are becoming increasingly accessib.