Pre-hospital care: Data profile from traumatic brain injury registry
| Autor: | Ranjan Kumar Jena, Amit Agrawal, M. Ashok, B. V. Subrahmanyam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Romanian Neurosurgery, Vol 31, Iss 3 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1220-8841 2344-4959 |
| Popis: | Introduction: There are multiple factors from injury spot till patient reach trauma unit, which affect their outcome. The literature of same from developing country is mere. The present study investigates primary care, mode of transportation and emergency management among TBI patients visiting a tertiary institute. Methods: The data of 337 patients was selected from a trauma registry. The data of TBI patients visiting emergency were entered in standard computer interface after obtaining their consent. The standard proforma was developed by FileMaker Pro Advanced 13 (Copyright © 1994-2015, FileMaker, Inc) and web data entry interface Drupal CMS. Data was analyzed using Stats Direct version 3.0.150. Results: Seventy five percent of patients were from rural setup. About 67% of patients visiting emergency had undergone first aid from both rural and urban setup. Forty percent of patients came directly, only about 5% were referred from other hospitals. Majority of patients were accompanied by relatives (87%) followed by spouse (8.6%). Non ambulance mode (31%) was more than ground ambulance (25%) to reach emergency setup. Emergency management of airway, breathing and circulation was significant with outcome at discharge (p |
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