Comportamiento del trauma craneoencefálico en pacientes que acuden al área de emergencia del Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el periodo 2018-2020.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Head trauma is an affection caused by an external force that produces structural damage to its content, including blood vessels and cerebral tissue. Head trauma most frequent lesions are: epidural hematoma, subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, etc. Head trauma importance is its frequency and severity of lesions. METHODS: Is an observational, retrospective, transversal, descriptive study. Medical records will be reviewed at Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo as the documentation technique in patients who attended the emergency in the years 2018-2020. RESULTS: the predominant sex was masculine 82.76%. The subdural hematoma was one of the most frequent lesions 42.32%. the most common hemorrhage was posttraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage 85.07%. The most common fracture was the close fracture 59.57%. The average age was 39 years with an age range of 36-42 years. The mortality rate was low given that 76.35% of the patients lived. According to Glasgow Coma Scale most of traumas were mild 49%. CONCLUSION: Head trauma is more common in masculine sex in 85.3% of the cases and the range of age most frequent is 39 years. The most prevalent lesions were subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Glasgow Coma Scale classified trauma in mild, moderate, and severe, being mild the most frequent. The average of hospitalization length was 10 days, increasing in patients at mortality risk.