Medical Terms

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CAT - Computerized Axial Tomography

A computerized x-ray machine that can take pictures of cross sections of body tissues.  Sometimes is used to diagnose bleeding in the brain or hydrocephalous, an excess of fluid on the brain.

***The day before my son was released from the hospital he was given a CAT scan to verify the results of his head ultrasound and show that his hydrocephalous had gone away.  They administered a mild anesthesia while he was still in the NICU.  Then the put him onto a transport bed to take him to the CAT scan lab.  He slept right through the test and most of the rest of the day while the anesthesia was wearing off.***

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