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Volume 3 Issue 6 December (Supplement2) 2015

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HEAD INJURIES IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: ASSESSMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS - A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY
Apurva Vohra

Background: Head injury is a major public health problem and has already attained epidemic proportions in India. The present study aims to evaluate the distribution, nature and types of head injuries received during road traffic accident, fall, assault and also assesses importance of CT scans so that consequences due RTAs can be estimated and thus possible preventive measures can be drawn. Methodology: The present retrospective study was conducted over 140  patients who were admitted in the hospital with head injury and were referred  to radiology department for investigations and radio diagnosis. The type of trauma was further classified into road traffic accident, fall and assault.  Head injuries were further divided according to the pattern of injury obtained from CT scans. Statistical analysis were carried out using Chi-square test with p<0.05 was considered as significant value. Results: 80% were injured by road traffic accident, 7% by assault and 18% due to fall. Out of 112 patients of RTA were 87 male and 25 female patients with significant p value with p  < 0.03. Findings based on radiological assessment showed that fracture of skull was diagnosed in  57.14%, cerebral edema in 43.57%, mass effect in 13.57%,  subdural hematoma  in 15.71%, extradural hematoma in 7.85%, intra cerebral hematoma in 13.57%, pneumocranium in 2.14% cases and  intra ventricular haemorrhage in 3.57%. Conclusion: As a public health problem, road accidents are amenable  to treatment by the methodology applied to epidemic disease, including the detailed investigation of individual incidents and the application of epidemiological techniques. CT scan can precisely evaluate  the parenchymal damage of the brain of head injury victims rapidly and non-invasively, for timely and effective management as patients with head injury deteriorate suddenly.
Keywords: Road traffic accidents; Radio diagnosis; CT scan; Head injury; Craniocerebral trauma

Corresponding author: Dr. Apurva Vohra, Assistant Professor, Department Of Radio Diagnosis, Hind Institute Of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

This article may be cited as:  Vohra A. Head Injuries in road traffic accidents: assessment of Radiological findings - a Hospital based study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2015;3(6):S28-S31.

 
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