Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

CO-RELATION OF GCS AND CT SCAN FINDINGS IN CASES OF HEAD INJURY

Gupta. A, Mukherjee S, Jindal R

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BACKGROUND: Traumatic ain injury is very common and are one of the main health problems worldwide, currently with a high and increasing incidence, representing an important cause of mortality among adolescents and young adults .According a report by Ministry of road transport and highways in 2017, In India road traffic accidents led to 3 deaths in every 10 minutes and also according to them a total of 4,64,490 road accidents were reported by states and union territories in 2017 causing 1,47,913 deaths and injuries to 4,70,975 persons. Objectives: To assess the relationship between computed tomography (CT) scan findings and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score with the purpose of introducing GCS scoring system as an acceptable alternative for CT scan for clinical management of ain injuries in head trauma patients. Study Type and Design: It was a cross sectional study conducted in the department of surgery Rohilkhand Medical College, Patients with acute cranio-cereal trauma admitted in RMCH, Bareilly from November 2016 to October 2017 Total Patients Were 62. Result: Using Pearson Correlation formula having GCS and NCCT head findings as two variables correlation coefficient was r = +.557 hence GCS and NCCT head findings are found to be moderately correlated. This study concludes that traumatic ain injury is a potential threat in the society predominantly affecting males (79.03%) of 21-30 yrs. of age (20.97%). Thus, this correlation study concludes GCS as an absolute indicator of severity of injury and NCCT head as a gold standard investigation for early diagnosis and prompt management of moderate and severely classified patients of head injury.

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CO-RELATION OF GCS AND CT SCAN FINDINGS IN CASES OF HEAD INJURY, Gupta. A, Mukherjee S, Jindal R GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-1 | January-2019

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