Repeat cranial tomography in patients with mild head injury and stable neurological examination ---- a perspective from a developing country / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
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(6): 297-300, 2011.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine the frequency of altered findings on repeat cranial tomography (CT) in patients with mild head injury along with stable neurological examination at tertiary care hospital.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Cross-sectional study was done in the Department of Radiology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi from January 2008 to September 2010. All patients with mild head injury in terms of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) who underwent repeat scan without clinical or neurological deterioration in the emergency department of a tertiary care centre were included. The collected data were accordingly entered and analyzed by the principal investigator using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16.0.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In all 275 patients, only 17 (6%) of the patients were found worseing on repeat CT, 120 (43.63%) scans improved, 138 (50.18%) unchanged and 17 (6.18%) worsened. None of these patients showed signs of clinical deterioration.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Our results suggest that for patients with mild head injury and stable neurological examination, only 6% of them show deterioration on repeat CT, especially when patients'GCS is below 13.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Diagnóstico por Imagem
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Escala de Coma de Glasgow
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Estudos Transversais
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Países em Desenvolvimento
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Traumatismos Craniocerebrais
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Exame Neurológico
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
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