This study was conducted on patients of head injury admitted through Accident & Emergency Department of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences during the year 2004 to determine the number of head injury patients, nature of head injuries, condition at presentation, treatment given in hospital and the outcome of intervention. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) deaths were also studied retrospecti...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine who gets post-concussion syndrome (PCS) after mild traumatic brain injury or head injury. METHODS Patients presented within an hour of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients, who then provided detailed answers to surveys at the time of injury as well as at 1 week and 1 month follow-up....

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of, and identify possible risk factors for, the development of post-traumatic epilepsy in a cohort of children with severe head injury treated in an inpatient rehabilitation unit. METHODS The hospital and community medical case notes of all children admitted prospectively to the unit and the records of the clinical EEG department over a seven year period were...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We characterize the neurocognitive function of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with mild traumatic brain injury. METHODS This prospective study took place at an urban, academic ED and Level I trauma center. Case patients consisted of a convenience sample of ED patients aged 18 to 59 years, presenting to the ED with mild traumatic brain injury and having a ...

Objective : Post-traumatic hydrocephalus is a complication of head injury and can present with several different clinical symptoms. However, the developing factors of post-traumatic hydrocephalus and treatment are still not well known. The authors design the study to focus on incidence, causing diseases and treatment of post-traumatic hydrocephalus. Methods : The 789patients of traumatic head i...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotic for prevention of meningitis in acute traumatic pneumocephalus patients. METHODS In this prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial, 200 selected head injury patients with traumatic pneumocephalus are randomly assigned to receive intravenous antibiotics (2 grams Ceftriaxone twice a day), oral ant...

Acute head injury Epidemiology In the United Kingdom more than 150,000 patients are admitted to hospital each year with an acute head injury. Of this group more than 80% are classified as having a mild head injury, as defined by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Approximately 1-2% of patients admitted to hospital after traumatic brain injury die as a consequence of their injuries with the majority ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is one of several complications that can occur after traumatic skull base injury. Although most patients present soon after the injury occurs, some can present years later, with resulting morbidity and the need for additional procedures. We present a case of a patient with a sphenoid sinus CSF leak who presented 12 years after a closed head injury that included a ...

background & objectives : trauma is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in different countries.  road accidents are the main causes of death due to trauma.  the injury resulted from traffic accident is one of the neglected problems of public health whose follow-up is necessary.  the purpose of this survey is to study the epidemiology of injuries and their causes in traumatic pati...

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