Hematoma Case Studies

her son-in-law after falling in her bathtub. She was previously in good health, despite leading a

Jane was involved in a single-vehicle accident that resulted in multiple areas of injury from a head trauma, two broken ribs as well as bilateral fractures in her leg’s as well as right arm and wrist fracture. Jane was, transported a hospital that was an hour and half away from her home.

Her drug screen showed positive benzodiazepines and blood alcohol was negative. Troponins were negative. Also, her initial work up showed acute kidney injury with a creatinine of 1.84, and potassium of 5.8. Her chest x-ray showed small amount of infiltrate in the right lower lobe. The CT scan of the head did not show any acute changes. The abdominal CT scan showed constipation and 6 mm opacity in her bladder. She had an electroencephalogram (EEG) which revealed diffuse generalized nonspecific encephalopathy. In addition, there was slowing of the left hemisphere consistent with left intracerebral lesion. The assessment diagnoses were acute respiratory failure (ABG of 87.287, pCO2 of 45.2, pO2 of 380 and biacarbonate of 20 on vent settings), altered mental status, attempted suicide, infectious process, medication use, hyperglycemic nonketotic, and less likely cerebrovascular accident given that her CT scan of the head was normal. She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit under the care of Dr. Modupe Kehinde. She was intubated for airway protection and remained intubated until 5/23/2016 (7 days). She was on ventilator and was given nutritional support

The evidence shows the claimant has a history of a right parietal occipital cerebral vascular accident (CVA) on 4/11/14. The CVA resulted in right

Patient is a 23-year-old right-hand white female who presents with her mother for evaluation of post concussive syndrome. She had two significant closed head injuries this winter in February. They both occurred while snowboarding. On the first one, she slipped on some ice fell back and hit her occiput. She was wearing a helmet. When she got down to the bottom of the hill, she noted she had some mild confusion. Her friend asked her where she fell and she was unable to recall exactly where in the course she fell. She had a mild headache and was sleepy the rest of that day. One week later, she had another strike to the occiput. Again, she was wearing a helmet. She did have a headache

Medical Diagnosis: Client was diagnosed with a fractured right tibia bone, and fractured right radial bone. Client has diabetes mellitus type one. Client has history of hypertension and was admitted with chest pain following accident. The client fell off her bicycle while walking her dog.

Patient was here with cousins to be seen. This occurred at end of the visit approximately 1:15 pm. I was called by Madelyn Ramirez (PCT) that there was an incident in the exam room. I spoke to the mother, she said he was fine that he did not hit his head. No injuries noted, mother decline being evaluate by provider. But, patient was evaluated by Dr. Ritchin after fall.

This is a 54-year-old male with a 1/17/2012 date of injury. A specific mechanism of injury has not been described.

Patient is a 34-year-old left-handed white male who states that in January he was in a parking lot and was hit by a plow truck that was backing up. His back was turned and he did not know what was happening. He fell on his back and hit the back of his head on the tailgate. He denied any loss of consciousness. He did have a significant headache and neck pain, but no neurological symptoms. He did have some pain in his right hand and right ankle after this. He did present to the emergency room, where an unenhanced CAT scan was negative. Since then however, he has been having daily headaches. He has an almost constant, dull, mild bitemporal pressure sensation, but he also has significant

Per Reporter: On 11-11-17, Kyson’s parents (Shaccara and Eric) brought him to the ER at UMC. Kyson's skull was swollen with multiple fraction and a small amount of bleeding. Kyson is still being evaluated in the ER for others injuries. So far Kyson's injuries as concerned for non-accident trauma. The parents stated that on 11-09-17, Kyson fell out of the bed on some pillow that was placed on the floor on the side of the bed. The parents were not alarm after Kyson fell out of the bed. Kyson appeared to have no issues at the time. On 11-11-17, the parents noticed Kyson head was swollen and sniffed. The parents took Kyson to UMC ER. UMC ER Attention Physician (Dr. Webber) ordered a CT Scan it was discovered that Kyson has trauma to his skull

J.M. is a 7-year-old girl that was involved in a high-speed MVA on 03/05/17. A semi-truck had rolled over the mini-van in which her, her parents, and her siblings where traveling in. When EMS arrived on the scene, all passengers had been extracted from the vehicle and J.M. had already been placed and was lying on a stretcher. Her father was found dead at the scene, her three other siblings were in critical condition, and her mother was transferred to CRMC. J.M. was then loaded onto an ambulance along with her other siblings and transported to VCH ED. Once J.M. arrived at VCH a head CT was performed and revealed a depressed comminuted frontal skull fracture. Six hours later a follow-up CT scan of the head was performed, which revealed a large intraparenchymal

The person pictured in the attached file is an outpatient in the Starr 3 clinic Hematology and Medical Oncology who has been disrupting and verbally harassing other patients and staff. It has been brought to our attention by the supervisor Elena Lungu that she has now made verbal threats towards the staff.

DOI: 8/18/2014. Patient is a 43-year-old male driver who sustained work-related injuries to multiple body parts after being involved in a one-vehicle rollover accident. As per OMNI entry, he was initially diagnosed with multiple traumatic injuries; thoracic spine, rib, collar bone, left humerus, and left leg fracture; multiple small fractures to vertebral spine; and chipped 3 teeth.

Hematology-Oncology(Heme/Onc) usually refers to the department that sees patients with blood and platelet disorders and cancers that are treated with a non-surgical therapy, such as bone marrow transplant, stem cell transplant, pheresis, or chemotherapy. (Think ? liquid? therapy when differentiating heme/onc from oncology) Types of cancer typically seen in a heme/onc department would be leukemias, lymphomas, Hodgkins, non-Hodgkins, multiple myelomas and immunological disorders. So, an oncologist is not a hematologist, or vice versa.

DOI: 11/21/2016. Patient is a 37-year-old male satellite technician who alleges injury to his right ankle, right knee and lower back while he was 20-feet high on a ladder when the wind blew the ladder, causing him to jump.