Características de trauma encéfalo craneal en el área de emergencia del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso entre los meses de octubre del 2011 a mayo del 2012

Abstract

Objetive. Determine the characteristics of the Brain Trauma Cranial treated in the emergency area Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital between the months of October 2011 to May 2012.

Material and methods. With a descriptive design information from the clinical records of 753 patients seen in the emergency area diagnosed with Trauma Encéfalocraneal was collected. The variables age, sex, etiology, type of BTC treatment and alcohol intake at the time of care were analyzed.

Results. During the period of study of 59711 cases seen in the emergency area 753 ( 1.26 %) were trauma Craneoencephalic . 65% of the cases were male and 35% female. The most commonly found in children from one to nine years (36.25% ), followed by the subgroups of 10 to 19 years (19, 65%) and 20-29 years (15%).

According to the Glasgow most TECs were Leves (68.79%). The main etiology of BTC was the fall from standing height (32.8% ) , as are the second leading cause falls from 1 meter or more in height ( 29.2 %). 14% of patients were under the influence of alcohol.

Discussion. The results are similar to published literature and provide a situational analysis on the characteristics of head injury and its management to comply with the recommendations into effect. Follow-up studies are needed from hypotheses generated by these findings.

Keywords: BRAIN INJURY, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, HEAD INJURY, ACCIDENTAL FALLO, AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT.