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American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology

Volume 5, Issue 2, 2018
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American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2394 - 7721 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
ROLE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF ACUTE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Author
Ashok kumar Kattimani* and Nagraj Mitra
Email
ashok99m2805@gmail.com
keyword
Acute TBI (Traumatic brain injury), SDH(subdural hematoma), EDH(Extra dural hematoma), SAH(sub arachnoid hemorrhage), GCS(Glassgow coma scale), CT(Computed tomography), RTA(Road traffic accident).
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate role of CT in patients with acute TBI attending in BRIMS Teaching Tertiary care hospital, Bidar, Karnataka, India. Materials and Methods: A CT study was done in 100 patients with acute TBI over a period of one year. The plain brain CT scan was performed. The patients were scanned using 16 SLICE PHILIPS helical CT machine with slice thickness-5mm and 1mm. Result: The age range of the patients was 05 to 80 years and male: female ratio was 10.1:1. The most common causes of head injury were RTA (80%), fall injury (15%) and physical assault (5%). 91 patients had skull fractures, 9 patients had no fractures, 12patients had pneumocephalus, 31patients had EDH, 10 patients had SDH, 55patients had SAH, 44patients had Intra cerebral hematoma, 50 patients had brain contusions and 8patients had diffuse cerebral edema Conclusion: The role of CT as the primary modality of choice in the initial assessment of head injury patients as it is widely available, faster and highly accurate in detecting skull fractures and brain parenchymal lesions.
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