Forty different critical finding entities seen in 20 submitted neuroradiology critical findings lists
| Critical Finding List Item | No. of Programs Listing Critical Finding |
|---|---|
| Cerebral hemorrhagea | 18 |
| Acute stroke | 15 |
| Spinal cord compression | 15 |
| Brain herniation | 12 |
| Spinal instability/spinal fracture | 12 |
| Hydrocephalus | 8 |
| Arteriovenous malformation/aneurysm | 7 |
| Mass/mass effect (new or enlarging) | 7 |
| Meningitis/intracranial abscess | 7 |
| Brain edema | 6 |
| Misplaced hardware | 6 |
| Sinus thrombosis | 5 |
| Skull depression/open fracture | 5 |
| Vascular dissection | 5 |
| Anything clinically important | 3 |
| Soft-tissue abscess | 3 |
| Spinal epidural abscess | 3 |
| Spinal ligamentous injury | 3 |
| Vascular occlusion | 3 |
| Acute sinusitis with osteomyelitis | 2 |
| Carotid stenosis | 2 |
| Clipped normal vessel | 2 |
| Epiglottitis | 2 |
| Findings suggestive of child abuse | 2 |
| Incompletely clipped aneurysm | 2 |
| Intraocular hematoma/orbital injury | 2 |
| Retained foreign body | 2 |
| Spinal cord infarction | 2 |
| Spinal cord mass | 2 |
| Spinal epidural hematoma | 2 |
| Acute intracranial process | 1 |
| Airway compromise | 1 |
| Brain death | 1 |
| Carotid artery injury | 1 |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | 1 |
| Increased intracranial pressure | 1 |
| Penetrating trauma | 1 |
| Pneumocephalus | 1 |
| Shunt malfunction | 1 |
| Surgically relevant congenital abnormality | 1 |
↵a Cerebral hemorrhage category includes epidural, subdural, subarachnoid, parenchymal, and intraventricular blood collections as well as active bleeding.