Head injury burden in a major referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study describes the demographics, aetiology, emergency centre diagnosis and severity indicators of patients with head injuries presenting to the largest referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana.

Methods

Cross-sectional retrospective data was collected from July 2015 to September 2015 for all emergency centre head injury presentations at Princess Marina Hospital. Information was extracted from emergency centre records regarding patient demographics, mechanism of injury, clinical observations, diagnosis, and treatment.

Results

Three-hundred and sixty head injury patients presented to the emergency centre in the three months, averaging four per day. 80% were less than 40 years of age and males accounted for 69% of all presentations. 58% of injurie

SUBMITTER: Cox M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223603 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature