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El-Minia Medical Bulletin. 1999; 10 (1): 269-274
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-50698

ABSTRACT

The current work was performed to study the prevalence and prognosis of subdural hemorrhage in infants and young children under the age of two years in El-Menia Governorate as well as the clinical presentation, number of cases due to child abuse and if the investigations used are parallel to the great progression in the history of criminology or not. The study included all infants and young children under the age of 2 years whom were received in El- Menia General Hospital with subdural hemorrhages over a period of one year. Twenty-eight cases of subdural hemorrhages were identified, 17 boys and 11 girls. There was a great deficiency in the investigations used. The study also showed a clear relation between subdural hemorrhage and skull fracture[s], other traumatic injuries, retinal hemorrhages and the presence of previous family history of child abuse


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Hematoma, Subdural/etiology , Hematoma, Subdural/epidemiology , Retinal Hemorrhage , Head Injuries, Closed
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P. R. health sci. j ; 17(3): 227-33, Sept. 1998. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-234832

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this investigation was to study the epidemiology of chronic and subacute subdural hematoma in an adult population and associated factors such as treatment, recurrence, seizures, complications, and outcome. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 267 consecutive cases operated for a suspected diagnosis of chronic or subacute subdural hematoma during a six-year period. RESULTS: An incorrect diagnosis was done in 12 of the cases (4.5 per cent) giving a total of 255 cases of chronic or subacute subdural hematoma. The mean age of the patients was 68-year old. Two-thirds of the cases were chronic and one-third were subacute. A history of head trauma was identified in 79 per cent of the patients occurring more frequently in the subacute group. The hematoma was bilateral in 16 per cent of the patients. Recurrence occurred in 7.8 per cent of the cases, but there was no significant difference between chronic and subacute cases nor the type of operation done. Postoperative seizures occurred in 6.2 per cent of the cases. Preoperative seizures are not associated to the development of postoperative seizures. A postoperative intracerebral hematoma occurred in 2.7 per cent of the patients and was associated in most of the cases with a poor outcome. The morbidity rate was 9 per cent and the mortality rate was 0.9 per cent. Outcome is good in 95 per cent of the patients. CONCLUSIONS: Chronic subdural hematoma occurs more frequently than subacute subdural hematoma. Surgical treatment modality and the use of a drain do not change the recurrence rate. Preoperative seizures are not associated to the development of postoperative seizures. The use of postoperative prophylactic antiepileptic drugs does not decrease the postoperative seizure rate even in the alcoholic patient, therefore, their prophylactic use is not indicated.


Subject(s)
Humans , Middle Aged , Hematoma, Subdural/epidemiology , Age Factors , Data Interpretation, Statistical , Hematoma, Subdural/complications , Hematoma, Subdural/surgery , Recurrence , Retrospective Studies , Seizures/etiology , Treatment Outcome
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Trib. méd. (Bogotá) ; 87(5): 243-51, mayo 1993. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-183508

ABSTRACT

Se revisan los conceptos clásicos sobre la fisiopatogenia de los hematomas subdurales crónicos y se confrontan con los nuevos que cuestionan la existencia del espacio subdural como tal, y con la nueva evidencia, la cual demuestra que el crecimiento de los hematomas subdurales crónicos se debe a hemorragias repetidas dentro de la cápsula, secundarias a alteración de la coagulación, como había sido propuesto por Putman y Cushing en 1925, y producidas por aumento de actividad fibrinolítica, según se ha demostrado recientemente. Se revisaron las historia clínicas de los pacientes con hematomes subdurales crónicos operados en la Fundación Santafé de Bogotá. De los 69 hematomas crónicos, 21 (30.43 por ciento) fueron bilaterales y 48 (69.56 por ciento) unilaterales; 51 (74 por ciento) ocurrieron en pacientes de sexo masculino y 18 (26 por ciento) en el femenino. El promedio de edad fue de 58 años; 56 para los hombres y 63 para las mujeres. Soló el 75 por ciento tenían antecedentes de traumatismo y el promedio de tiempo entre éste y el diagnóstico fue de 38 días; el 9 por ciento de los pacientes no presentaron síntomas orgánicas y se hace énfasis en que algunos pacientes con hematomas la sintomatología puede simular afecciones psiquiátricas, lo cual dificulta el diagnóstico; 38 de nuestros pacientes presentaron síntomas mentales. El examen de elección para el diagnóstico es la escanografía cerebral, pero en algunos casos, cuando el hematoma es isodenso y bilateral, puede ser interpretado erróneamente. Uno de los problemas en el tratamiento de los hematomas subdurrales crónicos es la posibilidad de reproducción, que fluctúa entre el 5 y el 37 por ciento; en nuestra serie fue del 10 por ciento.


Subject(s)
Humans , Hematoma, Subdural/diagnosis , Hematoma, Subdural/physiopathology , Hematoma, Subdural/history , Hematoma, Subdural , Hematoma, Subdural/therapy , Hematoma, Subdural/epidemiology
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Neurol. Colomb ; 4(3): 548-55, 1980. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-72302

ABSTRACT

Los autores presentan las manifestaciones clinicas, los hallazgos escanograficos y los resultados del tratamiento quirurgico en 90 pacientes con hematomas subdurales cronicos supratentoriales atendidos entre 1973 y 1980. La mayor proporcion ocurrio despues de los 50 anos en hombres quienes habian sufrido traumatismos leves o moderados entre uno y dos meses antes del comienzo de cefalea, trastornos motores, cambios mentales, principalmente. Dos pacientes tuvieron el cuadro de un accidente cerebrovascular y dos presentaron solamente cefalea con examen neurologico normal. La escanografia en 45 casos mostro 51% isodensos entre ellos 4 bilaterales, 42% hipodensos y 6.6 hiperdensos. Se presentaron diez recurrencias de ellas dos pacientes murieron en el post-operatorio.


Subject(s)
Middle Aged , Humans , History, 20th Century , Hematoma, Subdural/diagnosis , Hematoma, Subdural/etiology , Hematoma, Subdural/surgery , Accidents, Traffic/adverse effects , Cerebral Angiography , Hematoma, Subdural/complications , Hematoma, Subdural/epidemiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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