Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital

Introduction: traumatic brain injury is one of the major public health problems in contemporary society. Objective: to characterize patients treated with head trauma at Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay Central Military Hospital. Methods: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted....

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Main Authors: Elia de la Caridad Rodríguez-Venegas, Armando Ángel Chirino-Chiang, Julio Ernesto Fontaine-Ortiz, Omar Luis Hernández-García, Rolando Zamora-Fung
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Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río 2020-01-01
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Online Access:http://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/375
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author Elia de la Caridad Rodríguez-Venegas
Armando Ángel Chirino-Chiang
Julio Ernesto Fontaine-Ortiz
Omar Luis Hernández-García
Rolando Zamora-Fung
author_facet Elia de la Caridad Rodríguez-Venegas
Armando Ángel Chirino-Chiang
Julio Ernesto Fontaine-Ortiz
Omar Luis Hernández-García
Rolando Zamora-Fung
author_sort Elia de la Caridad Rodríguez-Venegas
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description Introduction: traumatic brain injury is one of the major public health problems in contemporary society. Objective: to characterize patients treated with head trauma at Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay Central Military Hospital. Methods: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted. The target group consisted of 115 patients with a diagnosis of cranioencephalic trauma; the whole target group was included in the study. Demographic variables were analyzed; type of lesion, initial evaluation according to the Glasgow coma scale, mortality, surgical procedures and complications. A descriptive analysis was performed using absolute and relative percentage frequencies for the qualitative variables, and for the quantitative variables, the arithmetic mean and standard deviation were established. Results: the most representative ages were between 19 and 33 (28 %), with mild trauma predominating (72 %). The mortality rate ranged 14 %; the most frequent lesions were cerebral contusion and chronic subdural hematoma (22 %). The most frequent procedures were trepanation and evacuation (46 %). Respiratory infections predominated as a complication (36 %). Conclusion: young-aged patients and in early third age prevailed. A low mortality rate was obtained. Nearly half of the patients underwent surgery, where trepanation and evacuation were the surgical procedures most applied, as seen in relation to the removal of chronic subdural hematomas. More than half of those studied were free of complications.
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spelling doaj.art-5ae477c6d9f949a58d867d155b40ea112023-09-02T17:17:35ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoUniversidad Médica Pinareña1990-79902020-01-01161e375e375375Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military HospitalElia de la Caridad Rodríguez-Venegas0Armando Ángel Chirino-Chiang1Julio Ernesto Fontaine-Ortiz2Omar Luis Hernández-García3Rolando Zamora-Fung4Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay Albarrán”Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay Albarrán”Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente “Manuel Fajardo”Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay Albarrán”Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Enrique Cabrera”Introduction: traumatic brain injury is one of the major public health problems in contemporary society. Objective: to characterize patients treated with head trauma at Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay Central Military Hospital. Methods: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted. The target group consisted of 115 patients with a diagnosis of cranioencephalic trauma; the whole target group was included in the study. Demographic variables were analyzed; type of lesion, initial evaluation according to the Glasgow coma scale, mortality, surgical procedures and complications. A descriptive analysis was performed using absolute and relative percentage frequencies for the qualitative variables, and for the quantitative variables, the arithmetic mean and standard deviation were established. Results: the most representative ages were between 19 and 33 (28 %), with mild trauma predominating (72 %). The mortality rate ranged 14 %; the most frequent lesions were cerebral contusion and chronic subdural hematoma (22 %). The most frequent procedures were trepanation and evacuation (46 %). Respiratory infections predominated as a complication (36 %). Conclusion: young-aged patients and in early third age prevailed. A low mortality rate was obtained. Nearly half of the patients underwent surgery, where trepanation and evacuation were the surgical procedures most applied, as seen in relation to the removal of chronic subdural hematomas. More than half of those studied were free of complications.http://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/375traumatismo craneoencefálicolesiones encefálicastraumatismos craneocerebralescraniectomíaescala de coma de glasgowprocedimientos quirúrgicos
spellingShingle Elia de la Caridad Rodríguez-Venegas
Armando Ángel Chirino-Chiang
Julio Ernesto Fontaine-Ortiz
Omar Luis Hernández-García
Rolando Zamora-Fung
Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital
Universidad Médica Pinareña
traumatismo craneoencefálico
lesiones encefálicas
traumatismos craneocerebrales
craniectomía
escala de coma de glasgow
procedimientos quirúrgicos
title Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital
title_full Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital
title_fullStr Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital
title_short Cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at “Dr. Carlos Juan Finlay” Central Military Hospital
title_sort cranioencephalic trauma in patients treated at dr carlos juan finlay central military hospital
topic traumatismo craneoencefálico
lesiones encefálicas
traumatismos craneocerebrales
craniectomía
escala de coma de glasgow
procedimientos quirúrgicos
url http://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/375
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