Keywords:
Multicentre study, Observational, Retrospective, Haemorrhage, Acute, Audit and standards, CT, Trauma, Neuroradiology brain, Head and neck, Neuro
Authors:
S. Al-Ani, M. A. Hunter, C. M. Cameron; Glasgow/UK
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2020/C-02318
Methods and materials
Patients were identified retrospectively from regional RIS and PACS for Greater Glasgow and Clyde over a period of 6 weeks (1/1/17 to 18/2/17) following request from the emergency department for CT head with the history of head injury(HI) and anticoagulation.
A random sample of 259 (out of 459) patients was selected and those presenting with a suspicion of stroke, seizure or space occupying lesion were excluded (total 59 patients) Fig. 1 .
Age |
No. of patient |
<50 |
0 |
50-70 |
27 |
>70 |
173 |
The findings for patients were noted from the original request and reports.
Images were subsequently rereviewed by an experienced consultant radiologist who was blinded to medication type to objectively score severity using Rotterdam scoring system[3] Fig. 2, which is a scoring system designed to assess prognosis/mortality in traumatic brain injury Fig. 3 .