@article{ref1,
title="Analysis of 1089 cases of head injury",
journal="African journal of medicine and medical sciences",
year="1978",
author="Ohaegbulam, S. C.",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="23-27",
abstract="1089 patients treated for head injuries at the Unversity of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, are analysed. Seventy-two percent of them were males. The age group 20-30 years was most vulnerable, accounting for 32% of the total. Road traffic accidents were responsible for a staggering 80% of the total. Most of the children in this group were pedestrians hit by vehicles on the roads. About 42% of the head injuries were complicated, but the incidence of intracranial haematoma was only 1.3%. The mortality rate was 9% and most of the deaths (83%) occurred few hours after the accident. Road traffic accident was responsible for 97% of the deaths. Bronchopneumonea and brain oedema was the cause of death in 70.6% of the inpatient deaths from head injury.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0309-3913",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}