Subdural hematoma

Related Treatments The decision to perform surgical treatment to evacuate a chronic subdural hematoma was guided by the clinical presentation of the patient and the radiographic appearance of the lesion (Soleman, Taussky, Fandino, & Muroi, 2014). The patient’s CT scan revealed a hypodense chronic subdural hematoma with a midline shift. She was prepared for immediate surgical evacuation. The three surgical options for chronic SDH include percutaneous twist-drill craniostomy (TDC), operative burr-hole evacuation (BHC), and craniotomy. The neurosurgeon and the patient’s son agreed on TDC; the son signed the informed consent. The patient was placed on continuous electrocardiograph (ECG) and pulse oximetry. In regards to emergency surgery and patients who are on antiplatelet medications such as clopidogrel and aspirin, the American Society of Hematology (2011), recommends pre-operative platelet transfusion. An indwelling urinary catheter was inserted and mannitol 74 g (1g/kg) was given IV push (Meagher & Young, 2015) per physician’s…

SUBDURAL HEMATOMA A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood below the inner layer of the dura but external to the brain and arachnoid membrane. Subdural hematoma is the most common type of traumatic intracranial leison. A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood outside the brain. Subdural hematomas are usually caused by severe head injuries. The bleeding and increased pressure on the brain from a subdural hematoma can be life-threatening. Some subdural hematomas stop and resolve…

Hematomas are stationed swellings that are filled with blood caused by trauma to the location of the injury. The bleeding is usually caused by a break in the wall of blood vessels. These localized bleedings are mostly clotted and exists inside of an organ or soft tissue space, such as muscle. Various locations of hematomas include under the finger or toe nails, in the cartilage of an ear, in the muscles, pelvic bone, liver, spleen, kidney, and in other organs of the body. Treatment plans vary…

defined as an obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that is developed, can be one of the reasons for an ischemic stroke. Another reason could be obstruction due to an embolus form elsewhere in the body, defined as embolism. A decrease blood supply in general and a venous thrombosis, could result in a stroke. Ischemic count up to 80 % of the total strokes. Strokes due to hemorrhage is because of the weakened and diseased blood vessels that rupture. A cerebral hemorrhage is bleeding within…

Introduction: Head trauma is considered as a common complaint in Emergency Department (ED). Each year, 1.7 million patients are referred to US EDs due to the head trauma [1], which most of them are diagnosed as minor head injury. Although minor head injury is common in Iran, but unfortunately the exact number is unknown. Minor head injury has been defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 13-15 [2-4] or GCS equals 14 and 15 [5]. Computed Tomography (CT) is a standard imaging for acute head injury.…

A subdural hematoma is located beneath the dura mater. Blood in this space is able to dissipate into a space because there is no septae limiting the blood flow. However, after a period of time, the amount of bleeding may cause increased pressure and cause symptoms similar to those seen with an epidural hematoma. Sometimes, the damage is due to a sheer injury, where there is no obvious bleeding in the brain, but instead the nerve fibers within the brain are stretched or torn. If there is any…

This question focuses heavily on ‘reasonable foreseeability’. Reasonable foreseeability is a “mechanism which limits the type of plaintiffs, risks or damages which the defendant is liable for ”. For an event to be foreseeable, the claimant, and the kind of injury that was caused, must be foreseeable. The claimant, Daryl, must be in the area that danger is created by the defendant's, Rick, carelessness and the injury must be a type that is likely to occur in the circumstances. To be able to prove…

He worked as a lawyer, he was very organized, took care of paying the bills, and enjoyed things such as Japanese cinema and highbrow conversations. However, when Alan awoke from his several week long coma, he was toddler-like in cognitive and psychological ability, as well as the entire right side of his body being paralyzed. His official diagnosis was diffused axonal injury (DAI) with subdural hematomas on his frontal lobes. Imajo, T. and Roessman, U. (1984) broadly define DAI as a distinct…

For example, trauma can cause Subdural and epidural bleeding. Bleeding are caused by varies of reasons that will be discussed later in this paper. Bleeding within the brain between inner and outer layers of tissue that covered the brain cause compression of tissue from an expanding hematoma or hematomas, and thus, result in distort and injure tissue. Also, the pressure to tissue may lead to a loss of blood supply to affected tissue with resulting infarction, and the blood released by brain…

Interventional radiology is considered a specialized modality of radiology that deals mostly with invasive image-guided procedures. With advances in technology, interventional procedures can be performed on several areas of the body with success in conjunction with using live x-rays during exams. Cerebral aneurysms often can be in susceptible areas of the brain, and usually, are considered somewhat high risk in nature. The use of endovascular coiling can prove to not only be successful, but…