(HealthDay)—For children with traumatic epidural hematomas (EDHs), repeated computed tomography (CT) imaging is common, but rarely impacts management, according to a study published in the September ...

Objective: Thrombolytic therapy has become a routine and valuable care for selected patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and rarely complicates with spinal epidural hemorrhage causing cord ...

A 25 year-old man was struck by a baseball on the right side of his head. Four hours later, he became lethargic, vomited and developed a left hemiparesis. Epidural Hematoma. Axial CT scan. Note the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Spinal hematoma is a rare and potentially catastrophic complication of spinal or epidural anesthesia. Risk ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...

Placement of a catheter in the lumbar epidural space allows for the administration of analgesic and local anesthetic agents to a series of dorsal- and ventral-nerve roots that exit the spinal cord and ...

"Oh, it's very serious... if her mother hadn't sought medical attention, it could have been life threatening." -Dr. Carden Johnston, an emergency room pediatrician- Almost every day during the warm ...

A hematoma is similar to a bruise, but the damage that causes it occurs in larger blood vessels. It can lead to swelling, discoloration, and warmth, and may require medical treatment. While many ...