Mahwash Mansoor, Pari Gul, Shaukat Mahmood.
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Computed Tomography Brain Plain in Headache patients.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(2):576-8.

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) brain plain in patients with history of headache . Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Radiology Department, Bolan Medical College Hospital and Akram Hospital Quetta from 1st June 2017 to 31st December 2017. Sixty patients with history of headache were included. Patients with history of head trauma, cranial surgery and malignant lesions were excluded. Findings on CT scan brain plain were studied and result was compiled by dividing it into 2 categories (i) no intracranial abnormality and (ii) with significant intracranial abnormality. Results: Results show 34 females and 26 males with age between 8-60 years mean 31.35+-11.30 years were in the study. According to CT findings, 88.3% found negative cases while 1 1.7% found positive cases. Keeping referral and bulk of patients for CT scan brain plain with only history of headache, patients were less than expected with significant brain pathology. Conclusion: CT brain Plain in patients of headache and no other clinical signs has a low significance Radiologist and physician must work as team for referral and selection of imaging. Different workshops about proper selection and referral of neurological imaging must be conducted in different departments and at different level .

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