Role of Computerized Tomography as Prime Imaging Modality in the Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury
Sagar Tyagi, Atul Mehrotra, Pradeep Parakh, Parveen Hans
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Tyagi S, Mehrotra A, Parakh P, Hans P. Role of Computerized Tomography as Prime Imaging Modality in the Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury. Int J Adv Integ Med Sci 2017; 2 (1):17-23.
Trauma is the most common worldwide cause of death and disability in young adults. Neurotrauma is one of the most frequent indications for emergent neuroimaging because imaging plays such a key role in patient triage and management.
Aims and objectives
(1) To assess the role of computed tomography (CT) in patients with traumatic head injury. (2) To localize trauma to a particular extraaxial and intraaxial compartment and to delineate various spectrum of hemorrhages that occur in craniocerebral trauma with the aid of CT. (3) To evaluate the value of early CT imaging with patient prognosis.
Materials and methods
This is a prospective study carried out in 100 patients with traumatic brain injury, referred to the Department of Radiodiagnosis, Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, for CT scan during a period of 1 year. The patients were scanned using GE Bright Speed 16-Slice multidetector CT.
Conclusion
Computed tomography is the single-most informative diagnostic modality in the evaluation of a patient with a head injury and should be considered the first imaging of choice in acute head injury as it forms the cornerstone for rapid and effective diagnosis.
How to cite this article
Hans P, Mehrotra A, Kumar P, Agarwal M, Kumar L, Parakh P, Tyagi S. Role of Computerized Tomography as Prime Imaging Modality in the Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury. Int J Adv Integ Med Sci 2017;2(1):17-23.
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