POST TRAUMATIC SUB ARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
| Autor: | Umar Ismaeel, M. Aslam, Shahid Mahmood, Zulfiqar Ali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | The Professional Medical Journal. 18:658-662 |
| ISSN: | 2071-7733 1024-8919 |
| DOI: | 10.29309/tpmj/2011.18.04.2660 |
| Popis: | Objective: To study the effect of Nimodipine on headache associated with post traumatic sub arachanoid hemorrhage. Study Design: prospective study Setting: This study was conducted at the Department of Neurosurgery & General Surgery, District Headquarters Hospital Rawalpindi. Period: 6 months Methods: 60 Patients from both genders, undergoing hospital admissions that fulfill the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Results: 12 patients were lost due to poor patient follow up. Of the remaining 48 patients, 29 (60.4%) patients suffered road side accidents, 12 (25%) had assaults and 7(14.6%) had fall. The patients were classified according to Hunt and Hess and Fischer Grading. 34 patients had grade 1 and 14 had grade 2 injuries according Hunt and Hess classification. 31 had grade 1 injuries and 17 had grade 2 injuries according to Fischer Grading. The mean age was 34.02 years with a range of 4 to 71. The mean interval since trauma & admission were 1.4 hour. The patient score on the visual analog pain scale before treatment had a mean of 4.46. The patient score on visual analog scale after treatment was 2.33 and P-value was calculated to be |
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