Correlation of CT scan with postmortem findings of acute head trauma cases at SMS Hospital, Jaipur.

ABSTRACT

Epidemiological information is of great importance in the allocation of resources for the treatment and in formulating policy designed to reduce the incidence, morbidity and mortality of head injuries. In our country much epidemiological data regarding head injuries are not available, hard to find or inaccurate. The reasons for this are several there is no centrally run health care system in the country and head injury cases are managed by a wide variety of Government, Municipal and Private hospitals. The National Health Statistics compiled in the vital statistics in our country give incomplete information regarding head injuries while it is possible to determine mortality from cancer or heart diseases or number of other illness from vital statistics but same is not true for head injuries. Accidental deaths are catalogued as to etiology (for example, death from falls, motor vehicle etc.) and there is no information available as to the part of the body injured. The present study is an attempt to analyse epidemiological aspects of acute head trauma and evaluate the correlation of finding by various diagnostic modalities.