Epidemiological study of brain injuries in patients admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department
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| author | Amini Kamrooz |
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| contents | Epidemiological study of brain injuries in patients admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department Amini Kamrooz Seyed Amirhosein Mahdavi Zafar Masoumi Moghaddam Medicina Accident Epidemiology Brain injuries Forensic Medicine A brain injury is a multiple disorder which takes various forms; the current study aims to Epidemiological Study of Brain Injuries in Patients Admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department. Within 12 months data of the people referred to Yasuj forensic medicine because of head injuries collected and analyzed by SPSS 19 in the descriptive-cross sectional method. We surveyed 60 cases in which 75% were male and 25% were female. In terms of age, most cases (39.6%) under 15 years and in terms of educational level, most of them (41.7 %) are the elementary students. The most common causes of injuries accident (83.3%). 55% of the injured admitted to the Legal Medicine Department 1 to 5 days after the incident. The results indicate that the four most common types of injuries are the basilar skull bone fracture (22.9%), cerebral hemorrhage (18.8%), frontal bone fracture (18.8%), and compound skull fractures (16.7%). The result shows that the most common cause of head injury for elementary school students is an accident. In order to prevent or reduce accident, it is essential to increase the number of safety measures, such as building crosswalks and overhead pedestrian walkways on the way to school and provide appropriate education by the media and schools, especially for children and adolescences. 2020 artículo científico 1856-4550 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=170265473009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/170265473009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/movil https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4074218 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1702 Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertensión application/pdf Sociedad Latinoamericana de Hipertensión Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertensión (República Bolivariana de Venezuela) Num.1 Vol.15 |
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| spellingShingle | Epidemiological study of brain injuries in patients admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department Amini Kamrooz Medicina Accident Epidemiology Brain injuries Forensic Medicine Epidemiological study of brain injuries in patients admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department Amini Kamrooz Seyed Amirhosein Mahdavi Zafar Masoumi Moghaddam Medicina Accident Epidemiology Brain injuries Forensic Medicine A brain injury is a multiple disorder which takes various forms; the current study aims to Epidemiological Study of Brain Injuries in Patients Admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department. Within 12 months data of the people referred to Yasuj forensic medicine because of head injuries collected and analyzed by SPSS 19 in the descriptive-cross sectional method. We surveyed 60 cases in which 75% were male and 25% were female. In terms of age, most cases (39.6%) under 15 years and in terms of educational level, most of them (41.7 %) are the elementary students. The most common causes of injuries accident (83.3%). 55% of the injured admitted to the Legal Medicine Department 1 to 5 days after the incident. The results indicate that the four most common types of injuries are the basilar skull bone fracture (22.9%), cerebral hemorrhage (18.8%), frontal bone fracture (18.8%), and compound skull fractures (16.7%). The result shows that the most common cause of head injury for elementary school students is an accident. In order to prevent or reduce accident, it is essential to increase the number of safety measures, such as building crosswalks and overhead pedestrian walkways on the way to school and provide appropriate education by the media and schools, especially for children and adolescences. 2020 artículo científico 1856-4550 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=170265473009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/170265473009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/movil https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4074218 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1702 Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertensión application/pdf Sociedad Latinoamericana de Hipertensión Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertensión (República Bolivariana de Venezuela) Num.1 Vol.15 |
| title | Epidemiological study of brain injuries in patients admitted to Yasuj Legal Medicine Department |
| topic | Medicina Accident Epidemiology Brain injuries Forensic Medicine |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=170265473009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/170265473009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1702/170265473009/movil https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4074218 |