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Table 1 Indications and results of CT-scans in patients with a hemorrhagic event

From: Severe non-traumatic bleeding events detected by computed tomography: do anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents have a role?

Indications and results of CT-scans

Number

Percentage

Consciousness disorders

39

42

Headache

13

14

Focal neurological signs

59

63

Abdominal pain

15

16

Anemia

21

24

Thigh swelling

4

4

Results

  

Cerebral CT-scan (intracranial hemorrhage)

73

78

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

5

 

Peri-cerebral hematoma

12

 

Intraparenchymal hematoma

62

 

Intraventricular hemorrhage

34

 

Cerebral herniation

36

 

Abdominal and lower-limb CT-scan (muscular hematoma)

20

22

Rectus abdominis hematoma

11

 

Iliopsoas hematoma

5

 

Quadriceps hematoma

4