Use of diffusion-weighted MRI in the emergency department for unconscious trauma patients with negative brain CT.
Diffusion-weighted MRI, a type of MR technique that can distinguish between cerebral fat embolism and diffuse axonal injury, is presented in this report. Emergency physicians should consider using diffusion-weighted imaging in unconscious trauma patients when their brain CT scans are unremarkable.
Department of Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Medicine, Seo-Ulsan Boram Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Je Sung
JS
You
Seung Whan
SW
Kim
Hahn Shick
HS
Lee
Sung Pil
SP
Chung
D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma; D020833:Diffuse Axonal Injury / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014474:Unconsciousness