Table 4 Nature of Head Injury
From: The profile of head injuries and traumatic brain injury deaths in Kashmir
Nature of Injury | No. of patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Scalp Laceration | 221 | 40.4 |
Commuted fracture of skull | 32 | 5.9 |
Depressed fracture of skull | 16 | 3.0 |
SDH | 23 | 4.2 |
EDH | 18 | 3.2 |
Brain Contusions | 48 | 8.8 |
SAH | 2 | 0.3 |
ICH | 2 | 0.3 |
Brain edema | 7 | 1.3 |
No external/internal injury | 103 | 18.9 |
Multiple aerocele | 5 | 0.9 |
Cephalohaematoma | 34 | 6.2 |
Both | 36 | 6.6 |
Associated Injuries | 46 | |
Chest injury | 09 | |
Abdominal injury | 10 | |
Skeletal Injury | 27 |