CT Scan Head Treatment Report

Category: Procedures

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What is CT Scan Head?

An example of 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 & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Headaches 19 1 Efficacy_major
Dizziness 14 1 Efficacy_major
Diagnostic assessment 11 0
Increase effect of another treatment 5 1 Efficacy_none
Pain 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 5 0

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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 7

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%

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3 patient evaluations for CT Scan Head

Purpose: determine brain damage after accident (Started Jun 25, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 24, 2009   Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Sep 24, 2009
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  • Dymond
    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 0 stars
    MS: 7 yrs
    Type: Relapsing-Remitting
    Sensation: None
    Overall: None
    Cognition: none
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
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Purpose: Other (Started Jun 18, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Nov 06, 2008   ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purpose: Other (Started )
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 27, 2008   Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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8 additional evaluations for CT Scan Head are not currently shared publicly.

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