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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2010

01-06-2010 | Correspondence

Bedside detection of acute epidural hematoma by transcranial sonography in a head-injured patient

Authors: A. Caricato, V. Mignani, C. Sandroni, D. Pietrini

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2010

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Sir: A 24 year-old boy was brought to the ED with head injury after a motorcycle accident. On his arrival, he was alert, and his GCS was 14 (V5, M5, E4). A head CT scan was performed, and a small (max width 0.9 cm) temporal epidural hematoma was observed. Since its small dimension, it was not scheduled for surgery, and a new CT scan after 4 h was planned. …
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Metadata
Title
Bedside detection of acute epidural hematoma by transcranial sonography in a head-injured patient
Authors
A. Caricato
V. Mignani
C. Sandroni
D. Pietrini
Publication date
01-06-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1801-0

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