How to Use intracranial in a Sentence
intracranial
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The first was the presence of an intracranial joint joining the two portions of the skull.
— Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2022 -
Doctors put him in a coma to prevent brain swelling from an intracranial bleed.
— Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022 -
Traumas such as a fall or a car accident can cause an intracranial hematoma.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023 -
Changes in intracranial pressure can lead to eye problems.
— Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021 -
These changes point to an increase in intracranial pressure while in orbit.
— Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022 -
First off, the ASD group had no differences in overall brain size (intracranial volume).
— Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2014 -
However, these types of intracranial electrodes are often placed on the brains of epilepsy patients in order to locate the sites of their seizures.
— Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 -
The autopsy, performed on Sept. 3, found no injuries to McClain’s skull or brain, and no intracranial bleeding; there were no rib or bone fractures.
— Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2019 -
She was transported to a hospital, where she was found to have an intracranial bleed and multiple skull fractures.
— Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022 -
He was diagnosed that evening and died of intracranial bleeding in the night, said B.L. Sherwal, director of the hospital.
— Shefali Anand, WSJ, 28 May 2021 -
Kayden’s injuries include fractures to his pelvis and neck, and intracranial bleeding.
— Washington Post, 13 June 2018 -
Four patients had intracranial hemorrhages, or bleeding between the brain tissue and skull or within the brain itself, the letter said.
— Chuck Lindell, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2020 -
The surgery was performed as early as the Neolithic era and was thought to relieve a variety of ailments, from high fever, to convulsions, to intracranial pressure.
— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 Apr. 2018 -
Although the volume of cerebrospinal fluid increases in certain areas, the brain itself doesn’t swell in size, which would be a cause of intracranial pressure.
— Mark Strauss, National Geographic, 30 Nov. 2016 -
In the ancient world, would-be surgeons sometimes used primitive drills or saws on people, and even a child, with brain traumas, scurvy or intracranial infection, sometimes killing them.
— Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Kayden's injuries include fractures to his pelvis and cervical spine, as well as intracranial bleeding.
— Elizabeth Zwirz, Fox News, 13 June 2018 -
That’s definitely not on the official list of symptoms for intracranial teratomas.
— Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021 -
Kreiman and his colleagues gathered their data via intracranial recordings, where electrodes are placed inside the skull that pick up the electrical activity of neurons.
— Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 -
In Wuhan, a front-line doctor went to his isolated room to avoid possibly infecting his family and had an intracranial hemorrhage.
— cleveland, 29 Mar. 2020 -
Some TBIs, especially the more severe ones, are characterized by bleeding in the brain (intracranial), and these require a different kind of treatment, where the skull is opened to release pressure and remove the clotted blood, called a hematoma.
— Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 30 Mar. 2017 -
Weeks later he was hospitalized with a severe headache, the result of intracranial bleeding that became life-threatening.
— Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021 -
But as patients worsen, physicians struggle over whether to up the anticoagulant dose, which boosts the risk of gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding.
— Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Mar. 2021 -
Researchers found a significant increase — 38 percent — of intracranial bleeding among the people who took daily aspirin compared with those who took a daily placebo pill.
— Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 26 July 2023 -
Rutishauser and his team worked with 20 patients already undergoing intracranial recording of their brain activity for surgery to treat epilepsy.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Mar. 2022 -
The impact on the health of astronauts' vision as a result of long-term spaceflight previously was known as visual impairment and intracranial pressure, or VIIP, syndrome.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021 -
Researchers found a significant increase — 38 percent — in intracranial bleeding among the people who took daily aspirin compared with those who took a daily placebo pill.
— Emily Baumgaertner, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023 -
The rare infections, called intracranial abscess, are caused when bacteria, like Streptococcus intermedius, reach the brain.
— Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023 -
Some epileptic patients about to undergo surgery have intracranial probes put into their brains; researchers can now use these probes to help steer the patients’ neural patterns away from those associated with depression.
— James Somers, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021 -
The change in hydration status of the body could impact intracranial pressure or cause electrolyte abnormalities, says Dr. Feoktistov.
— Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2021 -
Researchers have been racing to understand the condition, which is known as visual impairment/intracranial pressure syndrome, or VIIP.
— Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022
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