CT researchers studied the impact of anesthesia on human brains. Here’s what they found.

The team explored how anesthesia and pain control can be redesigned to limit long-term effects on cognition and behavior ...
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Brain Death Cannot Be Determined by Imaging, Study Shows

CT perfusion and angiography failed to meet sensitivity and specificity thresholds to determine brain death. Neither should be used as standalone tests to establish death by neurologic criteria, the ...
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Automated CT Scans for Traumatic Brain Injury May Predict Disability Outcomes

The use of CT-based automation for traumatic brain injury may serve as a valuable tool for clinicians to predict disability outcomes in patients. Utilizing automated computed tomography (CT) scans to ...
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Exposure to CT radiation increases risk for childhood brain tumors

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed a positive association between head/neck CT imaging and risk for childhood brain tumors. Further ...
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Study finds use of head CT scans has doubled in U.S. emergency rooms

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...
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Head CT scan use in emergency rooms doubled from 2007 to 2022

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT head scans were ordered in approximately 175 million ED encounters. Patients who received scans were mainly ...