@article{ref1,
title="Head injuries at a Provincial General Hospital in Kenya",
journal="East African medical journal",
year="1999",
author="Muyembe, V. M. and Suleman, N.",
volume="76",
number="4",
pages="200-205",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To review the pattern of head injuries, their management and the outcome. DESIGN: A retrospective and prospective descriptive study. SETTING: The Surgical Department, the Intensive Care Unit and the Mortuary at the Provincial General Hospital, Nyeri, Kenya. SUBJECTS: Three hundred and sixty one patients who were seen in the above units with any element of head injury from January 1995 to June 1996. RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty (69.3%) patients were admitted, treated and discharged. Eleven (3.0%) patients died in hospital while 100 (27.7%) were brought in dead. Head injuries accounted for 8.3% of the total admissions to the surgical wards. Road traffic accidents and assault were responsible for over 70% of the head injuries seen. Scalp wounds (52.6%) and fracture of the skull (47.9%) formed the commonest components of head injury. Skull X-rays films were the leading investigation done for head injury. A low Glascow coma scale was associated with a poor outcome. CONCLUSION: Head injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in our set-up, especially in the young.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-835X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}