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Thanks to CT scanning, there is a fast and non-invasive way to study brain injury

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Thanks to CT scanning, there is a fast and non-invasive way to study brain injury, according to doctors. It is an essential part of any trauma management system. CT scanners are becoming more prevalent at medical care facilities, and often connected into central trauma centers. Diagnoses are faster as are treatments of brain injuries. This has also led to better planning and retrieval and better admission practices for patients with severe head injury or skull fracture.

There is a great deal that remains unknown about brain injury and the effects of it, especially what causes secondary brain damage long after the primary injury has occurred. Doctors and other medical professionals are focused upon finding accurate and continuous monitoring techniques, especially for the first few days after injury. This is also of importance to New York Brain Injury Lawyers. Current techniques are not ideal, but academic head injury centers are constantly researching new methods.

There are basically three reasons to monitor the injured brain, New York Brain Injury Lawyers have learned: to detect harmful events before they cause irreversible brain damage; to allow these harmful events to be diagnosed so they might be effectively treated; to provide feedback for therapy to help those who have already suffered such injuries. These methods should also be relatively cost-effective, and non-invasive.

Unfortunately, given that many severe head injury patients are comatose, it makes it very difficult to determine their level of brain function. Monitoring techniques in hospitals in Queens and Suffolk County have a long way to go before providing an accurate and complete picture of brain injury.

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