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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
and Evaluation: Cost ... - Cost per test ... enzymes, Head CT ... Carotid U/S, EEG, Brain ... MRI, Cardiac stress
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
• Non-contrast CT ... a NCCT or • MRI ... brain w/o contrast ... (most sn/sp) or ... Defined if 1) CT
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Workup Cost-effective ... Echocardiogram • Head CT ... Carotid US • Brain ... MRI • EEG • Cardiac ... workup #testing #Cost
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection- Ultrasonographic images showed ventricular dilatation in the fetal brain, and T2-weighted magnetic resonance
dilatation in the fetal brain ... the newborn’s brain ... #clinical #NEJM ... #radiology #MRI ... #CT #computed #tomography
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
spinal cord and brain ... metastases CT ... of patients MRI ... thrombosis CT ... of patients MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed an arachnoid cyst, measuring 12.3 cm by 16.5 cm
imaging of the brain ... hemisphere; the cyst ... Clinical #Radiology #MRI ... #Arachnoid #Cyst ... ArachnoidCyst #NEJM
Figure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain (A) and the spine (B) showing meningitis and
resonance imaging (MRI ... ) of the brain ( ... a 12-month-old girl ... A) Axial T1 post ... arrows) #Clinical #MRI