Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital
The objective of this study was to review the demographics, causes injury, severity, treatment and outcome of traumatic brain injuries in victims of the April 2015 earthquake who were admitted in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. A total of 37 patients was admitted under Neurosurgery Services. Col...
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| description | The objective of this study was to review the demographics, causes injury, severity, treatment and outcome of traumatic brain injuries in victims of the April 2015 earthquake who were admitted in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. A total of 37 patients was admitted under Neurosurgery Services. Collapse of buildings was the commonest cause of head injury. The majority of them had mild head injury. Associated injuries to other parts of the body were present in 40.54% patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90aebeecd6f644be8850f2cd29827eda2022-12-21T19:14:30ZengNESONNepal Journal of Neuroscience1813-19481813-19562016-10-011226366https://doi.org/10.3126/njn.v12i2.15895Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching HospitalBal G Karmacharya 0Brijesh Sathian 1Department of Neurosurgery Manipal Teaching Hospital, MCOMS PokharaDepartment of Community Medicine Manipal Teaching Hospital, MCOMS PokharaThe objective of this study was to review the demographics, causes injury, severity, treatment and outcome of traumatic brain injuries in victims of the April 2015 earthquake who were admitted in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. A total of 37 patients was admitted under Neurosurgery Services. Collapse of buildings was the commonest cause of head injury. The majority of them had mild head injury. Associated injuries to other parts of the body were present in 40.54% patients.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJN/article/view/15895earthquakeextradural hematomahead injury |
| spellingShingle | Bal G Karmacharya Brijesh Sathian Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital Nepal Journal of Neuroscience earthquake extradural hematoma head injury |
| title | Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital |
| title_full | Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital |
| title_fullStr | Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital |
| title_short | Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Recent Earthquake in Manipal Teaching Hospital |
| title_sort | study of traumatic brain injury due to recent earthquake in manipal teaching hospital |
| topic | earthquake extradural hematoma head injury |
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