Subdural Hematoma (Acute). Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the crescent shape overlying and compressing the right hemisphere. This is the typical CT scan picture of an acute subdural hematoma.

Subdural hematomas are recognized by their crescent shape overlying and compressing the brain. They are arbitrarily divided into three types: acute (< 4 days), subacute (4-21 days) and chronic (> 21 ...

Subdural hematoma is a common condition, with an incidence in the general population estimated at 1-21 per 100,000 individuals per year.

The analysis found: Subsequent subdural hematoma within 90 days and need for surgical drainage occurred in 4.1% of patients who had surgery plus embolization and 11.3% of those who had surgery alone.

In the surgical cohort, subdural hematoma recurrence or progression requiring surgical drainage through 90 days occurred in 4.1% of patients randomized to embolization with the Onyx liquid ...

Source: Rivier C, et al. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is associated with a higher risk of subdural hemorrhage: Combined analysis of UK Biobank and All of US. Presented at: International Stroke ...

International Stroke Conference 2012 NEW ORLEANS — During 2 years, 172 of the 14,264 participants in the ROCKET AF trial experienced an intracranial hemorrhage, at a rate of about 0.68% per year ...

The incidence of subdural hematomas is increasing, especially in people 75 and older, with the trend occurring at the same time as antithrombotics are being used more frequently, a Danish study shows.

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 750 years ago, a mysterious illness felled Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas before he reached his sixth decade. Now, a team of medical students and a neurosurgeon think ...

The FDA clearance of Rapid SDH, announced by RapidAI on Thursday, makes the module available to hospitals in the U.S., where cases of subdural hematoma current carry a mortality rate between 40% ...

In the larger UK-based dataset, 3 of the 126 people with CAA and 649 of the 487,097 without CAA had a subdural hemorrhage during a median follow-up period of about 20 years.