Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital
Introduction: cranioencephalic trauma constitutes a global health problem, and it is characterized by cerebral alterations after a traumatic injury to the skull. Objective: to characterize patients with cranioencephalic trauma attended at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital in Pinar...
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| author | Regla Mailyn Pérez-Pérez Lázaro Pablo Linares-Cánovas Aníbal González-Hernández Yeni de la Caridad Romero-Valdés Olga Lidia Rodríguez-Villalonga |
| author_facet | Regla Mailyn Pérez-Pérez Lázaro Pablo Linares-Cánovas Aníbal González-Hernández Yeni de la Caridad Romero-Valdés Olga Lidia Rodríguez-Villalonga |
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| description | Introduction: cranioencephalic trauma constitutes a global health problem, and it is characterized by cerebral alterations after a traumatic injury to the skull.
Objective: to characterize patients with cranioencephalic trauma attended at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital in Pinar del Río, from January to December 2016.
Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study that was carried out at Hospital at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital, Pinar del Río, in 2016. A sample of 125 patients with clinical-imaging diagnosis of cranioencephalic trauma from a target group of 178 patients was probabilistically chosen at random. Clinical histories were analyzed to collect the information that gave rise to the variables studied. Medical ethics principles were met.
Results: male patients predominated (79,2 %), with a mean age of 57,1 ± 19,1 years. Alterations in the level of consciousness were the main clinical manifestations upon admission (46,4 %), with brain contusion (31,2 %) and skull fracture (31,2 %) being the main imaging findings; 39,2 % of the patients underwent surgery, where the 27,2 % of them presented complications, cerebral edema (41,18 %) was the main problem. On discharge, patients with no functional disability predominated (70,48 %).
Conclusions: male patients, in their fifth decade of life, are prone to suffer a cranioencephalic trauma, presenting alterations in the level of consciousness upon admission, generally with the presence of encephalic contusion and cranial fracture when imaging tests were performed. Surgical treatment was required in most patients, where edema appears as a common complication. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8ab01e38bb343ea9c79c4443fffeafa2023-09-03T03:06:27ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoUniversidad Médica Pinareña1990-79902020-02-01161e438e438427Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching HospitalRegla Mailyn Pérez-Pérez0Lázaro Pablo Linares-Cánovas1Aníbal González-Hernández2Yeni de la Caridad Romero-Valdés3Olga Lidia Rodríguez-Villalonga4Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Hospital General Docente “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”Universidad de Ciencias médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna"Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Hospital General Docente “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”Universidad de Ciencias médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna"Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Hospital General Docente “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”Introduction: cranioencephalic trauma constitutes a global health problem, and it is characterized by cerebral alterations after a traumatic injury to the skull. Objective: to characterize patients with cranioencephalic trauma attended at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital in Pinar del Río, from January to December 2016. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study that was carried out at Hospital at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital, Pinar del Río, in 2016. A sample of 125 patients with clinical-imaging diagnosis of cranioencephalic trauma from a target group of 178 patients was probabilistically chosen at random. Clinical histories were analyzed to collect the information that gave rise to the variables studied. Medical ethics principles were met. Results: male patients predominated (79,2 %), with a mean age of 57,1 ± 19,1 years. Alterations in the level of consciousness were the main clinical manifestations upon admission (46,4 %), with brain contusion (31,2 %) and skull fracture (31,2 %) being the main imaging findings; 39,2 % of the patients underwent surgery, where the 27,2 % of them presented complications, cerebral edema (41,18 %) was the main problem. On discharge, patients with no functional disability predominated (70,48 %). Conclusions: male patients, in their fifth decade of life, are prone to suffer a cranioencephalic trauma, presenting alterations in the level of consciousness upon admission, generally with the presence of encephalic contusion and cranial fracture when imaging tests were performed. Surgical treatment was required in most patients, where edema appears as a common complication.http://www.revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/438traumatismos craneocerebraleslesiones traumáticas del encéfalotraumatismos del sistema nerviosolesiones encefálicasprocedimientos quirúrgicosurgencias neuroquirúrgicas |
| spellingShingle | Regla Mailyn Pérez-Pérez Lázaro Pablo Linares-Cánovas Aníbal González-Hernández Yeni de la Caridad Romero-Valdés Olga Lidia Rodríguez-Villalonga Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital Universidad Médica Pinareña traumatismos craneocerebrales lesiones traumáticas del encéfalo traumatismos del sistema nervioso lesiones encefálicas procedimientos quirúrgicos urgencias neuroquirúrgicas |
| title | Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital |
| title_full | Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital |
| title_fullStr | Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital |
| title_short | Behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” General Teaching Hospital |
| title_sort | behavior of cranioencephalic trauma at abel santamaria cuadrado general teaching hospital |
| topic | traumatismos craneocerebrales lesiones traumáticas del encéfalo traumatismos del sistema nervioso lesiones encefálicas procedimientos quirúrgicos urgencias neuroquirúrgicas |
| url | http://www.revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/438 |
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