Open AccessSEVERE HEAD INJURY
Author(s) -
Tariq Ahmad,
Nazar Hussain,
M. Akmal Hussain
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2005.12.04.5092
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , neurosurgery , head injury , emergency department , glasgow outcome scale , surgery , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , nursing
Objective: To assess the outcome of severe head injury in patients with GCS 8 or below. Design:Retrospective study. Setting: Department of Neurosurgery, Allied Hospital, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad.Period: Two years Aug 2002 to July 2004. Material and Methods: Two hundred patients admitted in the departmentof Neurosurgery, Allied Hospital, with Glasgow Coma scale 8 or below irrespective of mode of injury and age wereselected with a follow up of up to twelve months. The patients were assessed on arrival in the emergency room on thebasis of GCS. The patients were managed accordingly. Results: 71% patients were managed conservatively and 29%patients under went surgical intervention. Overall mortality was 40%. Outcome was good in 15% where as 11% patientsremained vegetative. Conclusion: Severe head injury has a mortality of 40%, especially in very young and very oldpatients.