@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of patients with head injury at Salvador City (Bahia--Brazil)",
journal="Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria",
year="2004",
author="Melo, Jose Roberto Tude and Silva, Ricardo Azevedo da and Moreira, Edson Duarte Jr",
volume="62",
number="3A",
pages="711-714",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics from people with head injury at Salvador city, as well, to point out the most frequent age groups, their disabilities and lethality rates. METHOD: Assessment and notification of 555 medical files from victims with head injury assisted at the General Hospital of Bahia during 2001. RESULTS: 82.9% from all victims were male and 17.1% female; the most frequent age group was 21 to 30 years; the most relevant cause of head injury was traffic accident (40.7%), followed by physical violence with or without weapons (25.4%) and falls (24%). CONCLUSION: The most evident profile group involved in accidents with head trauma implications was young male that usually had traffic injuries, with expressive rates of disabilities and lethality.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0004-282X",
doi="/S0004-282X2004000400027",
url="http://dx.doi.org//S0004-282X2004000400027"
}