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Trauma vs. stroke
by kbt, Apr 20, 2004 12:00AM
I have an 70 year old, healthy, uncle who fell (unwitnessed) in his kitchen in January and presented to EMS with altered mental status (confused). The doctors diagnosed the problem as a "stoke" and have diagnosed him with several "small" stokes since. They really offered no hope for his improvment. This month they said they found "fluid" in his brain and drained approx. 30cc of fluid the surgeon described as "old" and being the "color of urine".
Now, after being in the hospital for 81 days, they are saying that his problems are due to an injury and not a stoke at all and that he suffered a "subdural hematoma" that is approx four months old (Janruary) and their treatment has become much more aggressive, but doctors seem to have become "evasive" from her.
My aunt is seventy years old and she does not know how to ask these questions and she lives in Dallas and I am in Houston.
My question is how in the year 2004 with our medical technology and expertise can a subdural hematoma with approx 30cc of blood NOT be detected in a ct scan for four months?
Thank you for your consideration.
Now, after being in the hospital for 81 days, they are saying that his problems are due to an injury and not a stoke at all and that he suffered a "subdural hematoma" that is approx four months old (Janruary) and their treatment has become much more aggressive, but doctors seem to have become "evasive" from her.
My aunt is seventy years old and she does not know how to ask these questions and she lives in Dallas and I am in Houston.
My question is how in the year 2004 with our medical technology and expertise can a subdural hematoma with approx 30cc of blood NOT be detected in a ct scan for four months?
Thank you for your consideration.
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by kbt, Apr 23, 2004 12:00AM
Thank you for your time.
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