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What is CT Scan Head?

Computed Tomography (CT) of the head is used to help identify injury, diagnose disease, detect and evaluate the extent of tumors or other brain insults, evaluate response to treatment, and help plan radiotherapy.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 18 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 16 1 Efficacy_major
Dizziness 14 1 Efficacy_major
Diagnostic assessment 9 0
Increase effect of another treatment 5 1 Efficacy_none
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 5 0

See all 71 patients currently having CT Scan Head

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 11

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with CT Scan Head

Hospitalization 4

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of CT Scan Head

Always
 10 91%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 9%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of CT Scan Head

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 18%
Not at all
 9 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of CT Scan Head

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on May 27, 2012.