Publications by authors named "Norie Kamarudin"
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- CTPA is the preferred method for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE), but it comes with risks like radiation exposure and kidney issues.
- A study at a Malaysian hospital reviewed 351 CTPA cases, finding a 26.5% positive yield for PE, with factors such as gender and medical history influencing the results.
- Male patients were more likely to test positive for PE, while those with COVID-19 and pneumonia had lower chances of a positive CTPA, suggesting that doctors should be cautious when ordering these scans for such patients.
Objective: To study the relationship pattern of intracranial hemorrhage in cases of traumatic petrous temporal bone fracture.
Methods: All head injury cases admitted to the Emergency Department, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang, Malaysia in 2008 were assessed. Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the skull base was performed in indicated cases.
An atlanto-occipital dislocation is a rare airbag-induced injury in trauma patients. We report a case of an atlanto-occipital dislocation in a 6-year-old patient who was an unrestrained passenger in the front seat of a vehicle involved in a low-speed motor vehicle accident. This case illustrates the fatal threat of airbag deployment to the child passenger travelling in the vehicle front seat even in a low-speed collision, and supports the recommendation that children under 12 years of age travelling in vehicles with dual airbag systems should be seated in the back.
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