Neither CT perfusion nor CT angiography meet the prespecified validation threshold as an ancillary test for death by neurologic criteria in critically ill patients.

Brain death determination sits at the fraught intersection of critical-care medicine, ethics, and organ-donation logistics. Missteps risk either prolonging mechanical support with no prospect of ...

Cardioembolic sources often remain undetected after standard diagnostic stroke workup, contributing to high rates of recurrence. We aimed to assess whether a head-to-neck CT angiography extended at ...

A Jersey brain tumour patient has said "processes weren't followed" after she experienced a delay in her diagnosis because she was not offered a CT scan. Sophie Reid, 36, was taken to Jersey ...

The Guam Regional Medical City has a new test that will improve stroke care and overall health care on the island and the region, the hospital announced in a release.

Grey's Anatomy actor reveals 'subtle' warning signs of her brain tumour Kate Walsh, who played Dr Addison Montgomery in the hit medical drama, has opened up about the symptoms she experienced ...

Patients who underwent at least one head/neck CT scan exhibited significantly higher risk for childhood brain tumors as those who did not undergo head/neck CT scans (OR = 2.84; 95% CI, 1.12-7.19).

News Connecticut News CT man with brain cancer has a wish: to speak to Taylor Swift. ‘To keep him fighting,’ his mom says. Ryder Scelza, 20, has cancer and is at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare.

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of our brain. The organ, housed inside the skull and protected by a bony covering called the cranium, controls thought, memory, emotion, vision, and ...

Participants were recruited from US level 1 trauma centers, presenting with acute TBI and undergoing a head CT scan between February 26, 2014, and August 8, 2018.

CT brain scans are used to help guide treatment choice. In people with a suspected acute stroke, a non-enhanced CT scan is used first to determine if the stroke is ischaemic so that thrombolysis can ...