INVESTIGATION OF RADIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF BRAIN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FINDINGS OF PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Acil Servisteki Hastaların Beyin Bilgisayarlı Tomografi Bulgularının Radyolojik ve Klinik Özelliklerinin Araştırılması

Year 2020, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 15 - 20, 15.12.2020

Mehmet Cihan Yavaş , Muhammed Alpaslan

Abstract

ÖZET
Amaç: Çalışmamızın amacı klinik tanı ile uyumlu acil servise giriş yapan hastaların çektikleri beyin bilgisayarlı
tomografisi sonuçlarını göstermektir.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma, acil servisten 1 Ocak 2018 ile 30 Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında bilgisayarlı
tomografi taraması geçirmiş, yaş ve cinsiyet arasında bir ayrım gözetmeyen tüm hastaları içermektedir.
Hastalar acil servise baş ağrısı, baş dönmesi, trafik kazası ve serebrovasküler olay (SVO) gibi şikayetleri ile
kabul edildi. Hastaların yaş, cinsiyetleri ve beyin tomografi bulgularının sayı ve yüzde bulguları analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Toplam altı ayda, 16428 hastanın 3975'inin beyin BT görüntüsü vardı. Çalışmamızda erkek hasta
2018 (% 51), kadın hasta 1957 (% 49) ve yaş ortalaması 45,40 ± 24 idi. Baş ağrısı, baş dönmesi, travma ve
SVO şikayeti ile acilden radyolojiye sevk edilen hastalar dahil edildi. Çalışmada, rapor bulgularının 735'si (%
19) anlamlıydı ve 3240 (% 81) hastada önemsizdi.
Sonuç: Rapor bulgularının büyük ölçüde temiz olması, bu kadar çok BT görüntüsünün neden yapıldığı sorusunu
ortaya koymaktadır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Beyin Görüntüleme; Bilgisayarlı Tomografi; Acil Servis; Klinik Tanı
ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of our study is to show the results of brain computed tomography (CT) taken by patients
who entered the emergency department (ED) compatible with clinical diagnosis.
Material and Methods: This study included all patients who underwent computed tomography scans from
the emergency department between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018, without any distinction between
age and gender. The patients were admitted to the emergency department with complaints such as headache,
dizziness, trauma (traffic accident) and cerebrovascular accident (SVO). Age, gender, and number and
percentage findings of brain tomography findings were analyzed.
Results: In a total of six months, 3975 of 16428 patients had brain CT images. In our study, the male patient
was found to be 2018 (51 %), the female patient was 1957 (49 %) and the overall age was 45.40±24 years.
Patients referred from emergency to radiology with the complaint of headache, dizziness, trauma and SVO
were included. In the study, 735 (19 %) of the report findings were significant and insignificant in 3240 (81
%) patients.
Conclusion: The fact that the report findings are largely clean suggests the question of why so many CT
images are made.
Keywords: Brain İmaging; Computed Tomography; Emergency; Clinical Diagnosis

Keywords

Acil Servisteki Hastaların, Beyin Bilgisayarlı Tomografi, Bulgularının Radyolojik

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