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Trauma
zkadhem - 06-28-09 20:02
A 64-year-old woman slips and falls on an icy sidewalk. She hits the side of her head on the curb. After a momentary loss of consciousness she recovers, but is in some pain. Fifteen minutes later her level of consciousness begins to fluctuate and she is brought to the emergency room comatose. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the patient’s head within the first few hours of injury should reveal which of the following?
zkadhem - 06-28-09 20:02
A 64-year-old woman slips and falls on an icy sidewalk. She hits the side of her head on the curb. After a momentary loss of consciousness she recovers, but is in some pain. Fifteen minutes later her level of consciousness begins to fluctuate and she is brought to the emergency room comatose. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the patient’s head within the first few hours of injury should reveal which of the following?
The correct answer and explanation will be available after you answer.
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Re: Trauma conym5 - 04-09-10 15:39 My answer is: e.
momentary loss of consciousness recovers after head injury is a phase charecteristic for Epidural hematoma....
#26
Re: Trauma babbu5508 - 07-13-10 10:07 My answer is: e.
a lucid interval is a temporary improvement in a patient's condition after a traumatic brain injury, after which the condition deteriorates. A lucid interval is especially indicative of an epidural hematoma.
#29
Re: Trauma babbu5508 - 07-31-10 23:51 a lucid interval is a temporary improvement in a patient's condition after a traumatic brain injury, after which the condition deteriorates. A lucid interval is especially indicative of an epidural hematoma.
#32
Re: Trauma babbu5508 - 09-30-10 16:31 epidural hematoma due to rupture of middle meningeal arteries manifests on the CT as lens shaped radio-opaque shadow.....
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