Traumatic dural venous sinus gas predicts a higher likelihood of dural venous sinus thrombosis following blunt head trauma.
Tiffany Y SoAndrew DixonHelen KavnoudiasEldho PaulWilliam MaclaurinPublished in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2019)
Traumatic intrasinus gas is associated with DVST in patients with blunt head trauma. Its detection on non-enhanced CT examinations in the emergency care setting infers a higher risk of DVST and should prompt consideration of CT venography.
Keyphrases
- trauma patients
- spinal cord injury
- image quality
- dual energy
- healthcare
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- optic nerve
- room temperature
- public health
- emergency department
- palliative care
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- carbon dioxide
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- label free
- real time pcr
- sensitive detection