Total no of scans | 520 (100) |
Head CT indications | |
Low risk (altered mental status) | 408 (78.5) |
High risk | 112 (21.5) |
Fall, trauma or syncope | 67 (12.9) |
Focal neurological deficit(s) | 28 (5.4) |
Headache | 9 (1.7) |
Others | 6 (1.2) |
Head CT findings | |
Acute intracranial abnormality | 13 (2.5) |
Acute ischaemic stroke | 7 (1.3) |
Haemorrhagic stroke | 2 (0.4) |
Subdural haemorrhage | 4 (0.8) |
Focal neurological deficits | |
By type: | |
Seizure | 14 (2.7) |
Speech deficits | 6 (1.2) |
Motor deficits | 3 (0.6) |
Visual deficits | 2 (0.4) |
Combination of more than one deficit | 2 (0.4) |
Sensory deficits | 1 (0.2) |