Items tagged “ischaemia”

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Mesenteric ischemia

Mesenteric ischemia, also commonly referred to as bowel or intestinal ischemia, refers to vascular compromise of the bowel and its mesentery that in the acute setting has a very high mortality if not treated expediently. Mesenteric ischemia is far more commonly acute than chronic in etiology. Th...
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Ischemic stroke

Ischemic stroke is an episode of neurological dysfunction due to focal infarction in the central nervous system attributed to arterial thrombosis, embolization, or critical hypoperfusion. While ischemic stroke is formally defined to include brain, spinal cord, and retinal infarcts 1, in common u...
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Internal hernia with ischemic jejunum

  Diagnosis almost certain
Ian Bickle
Published 02 Apr 2014
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Annotated image CT
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Ischemic stroke (summary)

This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists Ischemic stroke is a clinical diagnosis where an acute neurological deficit follows brain infarction. Reference article This is a summary article; read more in our article on ischemic stroke. Summary anatomy cerebral v...
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Pneumatosis intestinalis

  Diagnosis certain
Dr N Sravani
Published 25 Jul 2016
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CT
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Canadian Neurological Scale

The Canadian Neurological Scale is a validated tool to evaluate stroke severity 1,2 designed to be performed on patients who are alert or drowsy. Patients who are stuporous or comatose are evaluated with the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) instead. Classification Section A is completed first. In the ...

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