EVALUATION OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN A RURAL MEDICAL INSTITUTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most devastating types of injury. It affects all ages; however majority of road traffic injuries (RTI) occurs in young adults of productive age group. The aim of present study is the evaluation of the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with traumatic brain injury in a rural medical institution. Materials and methods: For the study, a retrospective medical record review of patients admitted to the hospital with head injury was conducted. Assessments of the medical records of those patients were done who reported to the surgery department with head injury and were diagnosed to have TBI when examined. Results: The age of the patients ranged from 4 year to 82 years and the mean age was 35.23 years. The maximum number of patients belonged to the age group 21-30 and 31-40 years comprising 151 and 112 patients, respectively. The number of patients belonging to male group was 370 patients out of 520 and female group was 150 out of 520. Conclusion: From the present study, it can be concluded that TBI in rural areas is mostly among the young male population. Mortality is 7.8 % with the majority of deaths occurring among persons in the most productive age groups. Recovery with minimal disability was observed in approximately 80% of cases in this sample.
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Satish Kumar Bansal, Pawan Kapoor, Vikram Saini, Pawan Kumar Goyal, Gopal Singal, Yudhvir Singh
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