Abstract
A descriptive study was performed in Sudanese hospitals and medical
centers during the period from July 2016 – March 2017.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the head CT findings and
clinical diagnosis in Sudanese children.
The study applied for all children patients whom examined clinically
and by CT scan to diagnose head cases which were 81 patients.
The data was collected, classified, analyzed by using computerized
statistics procedure (Excel).
The analysis of the results found that the male patients were dominant
(55.6%) while females were (44.4%) and most effected age group was
1-5 years (35.9%). And most of the patients were outpatient
(84.09%).
The most common head clinical diagnosis for children of the sample
showed that (28.4%) of the patients had intracranial hemorrhage
(ICH), which the trauma was indicated to it and also hydrocephalus
had same percentage (28.4%). Also study showed the normal CT
findings of the sample were (45.7%) while abnormal was (54.3%).
The high percentages of radiological findings for head CT did not
confirm the clinical diagnosis which the compatibility of head CT
findings with clinical diagnosis was (48.1%), while the incompatible
was (51.9%).
The study concluded that most head CT done for children were not
justification as well as there were more head CT findings not confirmed the
clinical diagnosis, although the head CT may be significant in most of the
cases. Hence, there is a big concern about the increasing requests for
unnecessary head CT.
Mohammad, E (2021). Evaluation of the Head CT Findings Compare to Clinical Diagnosis in Sudanese Children. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/evaluation-of-the-head-ct-findings-compare-to-clinical-diagnosis-in-sudanese-children
Mohammad, El-Tahir "Evaluation of the Head CT Findings Compare to Clinical Diagnosis in Sudanese Children" Afribary. Afribary, 02 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/evaluation-of-the-head-ct-findings-compare-to-clinical-diagnosis-in-sudanese-children. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Mohammad, El-Tahir . "Evaluation of the Head CT Findings Compare to Clinical Diagnosis in Sudanese Children". Afribary, Afribary, 02 Jun. 2021. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/evaluation-of-the-head-ct-findings-compare-to-clinical-diagnosis-in-sudanese-children >.
Mohammad, El-Tahir . "Evaluation of the Head CT Findings Compare to Clinical Diagnosis in Sudanese Children" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/evaluation-of-the-head-ct-findings-compare-to-clinical-diagnosis-in-sudanese-children