while

ehavioral
theychanges,
are receiving
hearing
theloss,
headvision
CT toloss,
makemuscle
sure they
weakness,
dont stop
speech
acting
difculty,
diferently.
swallowing
Ask pt questions
difculty, after
or num
CT

Nursing Interventions

Client Education

behavioral changes, hearing loss, vision loss, muscle weakness, speech difculty, difculty swallowing, numb

Potential Complications
t cerebellar hemisphere
The patient
with surrounding
is getting the
vasogenic
brain CTedema.
because
There
he has
is an
lung
ill-defned
cancer that
13 mm
has density
spread to
in right
the brain.
infe
in this case it is to see if the cancer in the pts brain has spread. Note any fndings from the 3 mm axial imag

Indications

Interpretation of Findings

Nursing Intervention
(pre, intra, post)

Brain CT w/o contrast

Procedure Name
DESCRIPTION OF
PROCEDURE:
TOPIC DESCRIPTOR

3 mm axial images were obtained from skull base to vertex without IV

contrast
Lung cancer and mestasis to the brain

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NAME Shannon Carr

Diagnostic Procedure

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