Bedside detection of acute epidural hematoma by transcranial sonography in a head-injured patient.

摘要

Sir: A 24 year-old boy was brought to the ED with head injury after a motorcycle accident. On his arrival, he was alert, and his GCS was 14 (V5, M5, E4). A head CT scan was performed, and a small (max width 0.9 cm) temporal epidural hematoma was observed. Since its small dimension, it was not scheduled for surgery, and a new CT scan after 4 h was planned.