Research Article
Accuracy of Brain Computed Tomography Diagnosis by Emergency Medicine Physicians
| | Characteristics | Description | N (%) |
| | Age (year) | Mean ± SD | 45.6 ± 22.1 | | Minimum-maximum | 14–107 |
| | Chief complaints | Trauma | 417 (27.4) | | Loss of consciousness | 352 (23.1) | | Headache | 344 (22.6) | | Weakness/numbness | 256 (16.8) | | Dizziness | 143 (9.4) | | Seizure | 133 (8.7) | | Nausea and vomiting | 90 (5.9) | | Dysphasia, aphasia, speech difficulty | 76 (5.0) | | Visual disturbances | 45 (3.0) | | Difficulty walking/ataxia | 36 (2.4) | | Craniopathies | 23 (1.5) | | Vertigo | 21 (1.4) | | Amnesia | 10 (0.7) | | Insomnia | 7 (0.5) | | Urine incontinence | 3 (0.2) | | Others | 140 (9.2) |
| | Indications | Intracranial bleeding (SAH, SDH, hemorrhagic stroke, etc.) | 877 (57.5) | | Ischemic stroke | 435 (28.5) | | Space-occupying lesion/metastasis | 197 (12.9) | | Hydrocephalus | 13 (0.9) | | Cavernous sinus thrombosis | 6 (.4) | | Facial bone fracture | 4 (0.3) | | Edema, shift | 4 (0.3) | | Others | 408 (26.8) | | Not documented | 132 (8.7) |
| | EP findings | Nil | 1295 (84.9) | | One | 206 (13.5) | | Two | 22 (1.4) | | Three | 2 (0.1) | | Total findings | 230 | | Radiology findings | Nil | 1285 (84.3) | | One | 211 (13.8) | | Two | 24 (1.6) | | Three | 4 (0.3) | | Total findings | 239 |
| | Concordance (including nil) | 1395 (91.6) |
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