CLINICAL PREDICTICTORS OF CT ABNORMALITIES IN MILD HEAD INJURY

Soumitra Manwatkar; N. N. Gopal; Saurabh Anand Dubey; Anish Kola; Amit Kumar Singh

Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2019

CLINICAL PREDICTICTORS OF CT ABNORMALITIES IN MILD HEAD INJURY

Soumitra Manwatkar, N. N. Gopal, Saurabh Anand Dubey, Anish Kola, Amit Kumar Singh

Abstract :

Objectives: To evaluate the association between various clinical presentations and the presence of intracranial CT abnormalities in patients of mTBI. Material and methods: All patients of mTBI undergoing a CT scan over a period of 1 year were included. Patients under 18 years of age and patients with serious injuries of other systems were excluded. Result: In our study of 190 patients, ear bleed was the most significant association with CT abnormality in our study with a p–value of 0.000007. Also significant were vomiting, seizures, male gender and assault with p–values of 0.000092, 0.0219, 0.018355 and 0.01558, respectively. Conclusion: The most common cause of mild traumatic head injury was RTA. Headache and vomiting were the commonest presentations. Significant association with positive CT was found to be with vomiting, ear bleed and seizures. Male gender and assault were also found to be significantly associated statistically