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What Are The Survival Possibility Of A Patient Hit In A Car Accident?

Dear Doctors, Kindly give your advice on the medical report of a patient 26 years old boy under Critical Care Unit for last 7 days. The patient was hit in a car accident. 7 mm contiguous axial sections were obtained of the entire skull from the base to vertex. Hyperdense blood is seen along the tentorium & falx. A hemorrhagic contusion is seen in the left frontal region. It is associated with peri-lesional edema. Multiple hypodense areas are seen in the left cerebral hemisphere & bilateral basal ganglia. Bilateral lateral Ventricles and 3rd Ventricle are normal. Mid brain and Pons are normal. 4th Ventricle is normal in size and midline in position. Bilateral Cerebellar Hemisphere is normal in size and Contour. Extra Axial fluid spaces and Basal Cisterns are effaced. Bone window - No Obvious fracture is seen. fracture in left leg. Please me know the survival possibilities. Thanks dk arya YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 14 Jul 2014
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Hi and thanks let me tell you it depends on patients health how much he is healing now if all is fine he will good.but if there will be some critical problem that will matter.
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What Are The Survival Possibility Of A Patient Hit In A Car Accident?

Hi and thanks let me tell you it depends on patients health how much he is healing now if all is fine he will good.but if there will be some critical problem that will matter.