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Massachusetts General Hospital
Nearly 30% of initial diagnoses with CT head scans later revised
December 17th, 2005
Nearly 30% of patients diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke through computed tomography (CT) are ultimately diagnosed with something else. "Assessment of possible hemorrhage in acute stroke before appropriate therapy remains important," according to neurologists in the United States, who conducted a study "to determine the frequency with which patients present with clinical stroke and have intracranial hemorrhage on initial noncontrast head CT scan (NCCT)." "In addition, we sought to determine the frequency with which initial clinical diagnosis acute stroke is confirmed in this group," noted M.E. Mullins and coauthors at Massachusetts General...
Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2005-12-17)
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