I know a CT scan is done when Dementia is diagnosed as that’s a physical aspect of the diagnosis.
I’m asking the question as my mum had another CT scan done when she was readmitted to hospital in December 2017 as she had had a big seizure & several TIA’a.
The consultant for her care is the lead clinician for stroke at this large hospital.
He had a candid conversation with us & said that her life expectancy was likely to be measured in weeks & months as her general health is not good either.
A person on the forum questioned this as he never heard a doctor give such a prognosis. The conversation came up as the doctor wanted to put a DNR in place as he explained that my mum’s odds of surviving a heart attack or stroke were extremely minimal so that is why we asked the life expectancy question.
Obviously I would expect this prognosis to be accurate because he must know what he is talking about having looked at her scan & over seen her general health. Is it standard practice to keep doing CT scans?
For example would another one be done for a CHC decision?
I’m asking the question as my mum had another CT scan done when she was readmitted to hospital in December 2017 as she had had a big seizure & several TIA’a.
The consultant for her care is the lead clinician for stroke at this large hospital.
He had a candid conversation with us & said that her life expectancy was likely to be measured in weeks & months as her general health is not good either.
A person on the forum questioned this as he never heard a doctor give such a prognosis. The conversation came up as the doctor wanted to put a DNR in place as he explained that my mum’s odds of surviving a heart attack or stroke were extremely minimal so that is why we asked the life expectancy question.
Obviously I would expect this prognosis to be accurate because he must know what he is talking about having looked at her scan & over seen her general health. Is it standard practice to keep doing CT scans?
For example would another one be done for a CHC decision?