Open Access<p>Brain CT Findings in Patients with First-Onset Seizure Visiting the Emergency Department in Mashhad, Iran</p>
Author(s) -
Bahram Zarmehri,
Ali Teimouri,
Navid Ebrahimipour,
Mahdi Foroughian,
Vahid Talebzadeh,
Morteza Saeidi,
Mehran Alirezaei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s241124
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , lesion , encephalomalacia , computed tomography , radiology , mass/lesion , mass effect , midline shift , surgery , pathology , psychiatry
Regarding the complications and costs of CT imaging for patients, this study aimed at investigating the necessity of CT scans in patients visiting the emergency unit with first-onset seizure.