Abstract :
Background: Cranio-cerebral injuries are most common cause of hospital admission following trauma, and it is associated with long-term morbidity and mortality. CT is the single primary modality in the evaluation of patients with acute head injuries.
Objective: To assess the prognostic significance of CT in the outcome of a patient of head injury. To observe the sequential anatomic progress of pathologic processes as a response of the brain to head injury and their correlation with Glasgow Coma Scale.
Materials and Methods: This study was carried in patients of head injury. The patients with a head injury, craniofacial trauma who underwent CT scanning were included in the study. Patients were scanned using dual Slice CT, Siemens somatom Emotion duo. A P-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: Total 100 patients were included, incidence of head injuries was more in males than females. Headache was the commonest presentation. Contusions were the most common intraparenchymal injury found in 48, followed by EDH in 46 patients, followed by SDH and SAH which accounted for 43 and 27 respectively. Intraparenchymal hematoma was found in 20 of patients and DAI in 13, intraventricular hemorrhage in 8 patients.
Keyword :
Injury, Brain, Report, Patient, Computed Tomography, Head Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Diffuse Axonal Injury