TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Analysis of 1089 cases of head injury
JO  - African journal of medicine and medical sciences
A1  - Ohaegbulam, S. C.
SP  - 23
EP  - 27
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0309-3913
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -