Brain CT Scans in Clinical Practice

• Main Author: Igbaseimokumo, Usiakimi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Radiology.; Neuroradiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Across emergency rooms worldwide, millions of patients are referred for brain CT scans on a daily basis. The skill required to determine an immediate life-threatening abnormality in a brain CT scan is a basic procedure and can be learnt in a short time by all emergency room physicians. Indeed the em...