Características del traumatismo craneoencefálico en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso del 1º de enero al 31 de diciembre de 1999 Cuenca 2001

Abstract

In this study 323 consultations were recorded by head trauma in the emergency Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital [HVCM] Basin, during the period between 1 and 31 December 1999. The main objective of this research was to determine the characteristics TEC in HVCM during that period, for which revised consciously and deep all available literature on the TEC, starting from the most common definitions, statistical data highlight the importance and clinical description. Working with a non-experimental design, corresponding to the descriptive studies was fulfilled. We took as a sign to all patients attending emergency HVCM diagnosed with TEC. The information was processed in Epi Info version 6.0 Spanish. The following results were obtained: the age of most frequently was between 1 and 9 years with 46.1 percent of cases, most frequently affected sex was male with 72.44 percent of the cases. In response to the occupation as a risk factor even at an early age and can not talk about specific occupation, the highest percentage corresponds to infants, preschool and school located at younger ages than 18 years. The most serious injuries were fractures and epidural and subdural hematomas to 52 percent of cases. The drinking was the most common risk factor for TEC in 28 percent of cases