1952
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1952.02930340013005
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Results of Exploration in Patients With Clinical Diagnosis of Subdural Hematoma

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“…Unfortunately, this resulted in_a_neg-ative exploration rate of 30% to 50%. 1 In current practice almost all cases of subdural hematoma are confirmed by cerebral angiography and, once dem¬ onstrated, trephination is the usual treatment often without regard to the size of the hematoma or the clini¬ cal state of the patient.…”
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“…Unfortunately, this resulted in_a_neg-ative exploration rate of 30% to 50%. 1 In current practice almost all cases of subdural hematoma are confirmed by cerebral angiography and, once dem¬ onstrated, trephination is the usual treatment often without regard to the size of the hematoma or the clini¬ cal state of the patient.…”
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“…In over 80 per cent of cases there will be xanthochromia, bloody fluid, increased pressure, and/or an elevated concentration of protein. On the other hand, subdural hematoma may be present with completely normal cerebrospinal fluid findings (9). These data, however, do not help in differentiating subdural hematoma from other intracranial lesions.…”
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“…Carotid angiography in cases of subdural hematoma has disclosed a characteristic pattern, viz. , in the antero‐posterior views of the arterial phase, there is a peripheral avascular space and a shift of the anterior cerebral artery to the opposite side (9, 10, 14, 15).…”
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“…Numerous studies (1–7) have shown the variability of the clinical manifestations of subdural hematoma, and the unreliability of particular physical signs as a basis for this diagnosis in persons of any age, yet the evidences are in some degree dependent upon the age of the victim. The particular characteristics of the disorder at the earliest extreme of life and in the young adult have received wide attention, but in the elderly they have been largely ignored.…”
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“…Alcoholism was the reason for admission in a large percentage of the 100 patients whose course was analyzed by Bergman, Nathanson and Friedman (4). Only 16 per cent had been admitted for the treatment of injury to the head.…”
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