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Assessment of incidence of head injury | |
Dr. Santosh Kumar, Dr. Kunal Animesh, Dr. Kaushal Kishore | |
Background:A head injury is any trauma to the head, except small face wounds. The present study was conducted to assess incidence of head injury.Materials & Methods:94 victims of head injuries of both genderswere selected. Records were kept of parameters like the amount of time between an incident and the hospital's arrival, the amount of time between the hospital's arrival and the patient's death, the type of fracture, the pattern of the skull fracture, cerebral hemorrhage, and other serious injuries.Results: Age group 20-30 years had 28 males and 18 females, 30-40 years had 12 males and 11 females, 40-50 years had 8 males and 7 females and >50 years had 6 males and 4 females. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). Type of incidence was Pedestrians in 19, bicycle in 37, 4 wheelers in 18 cases and motorcyclist in 20 cases. Site of fracture was frontal in 45, parietal in 25, temporal in 14 and occipital in 10 cases. Amount of time between incidence and arrival to hospital was 0-1 hour in 48, 1-2 hours in 26 and >2 hours in 20. Amount of time between arrival to hospital and death was 4-6 hours in 46, 6-24 hours in 30 and >1 day in 18 cases. Type of meningeal hemorrhage was epidural & subdural in 47, subarachnoid in 23 and subdural in 24 cases. The difference was significant (P< 0.05).Conclusion: Both epidural and subduralhemorrhage was the foremost cause of death. Age group 20 to 30 years had maximum cases of head injury. |
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