[Prognostic factors about morbidity and lethality in head injury]. / Fatores preditivos do prognóstico em vítimas de trauma craniencefálico.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 63(4): 1054-7, 2005 Dec.
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em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16400428
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To define the prognostic factors in head injury victims.METHOD:
Assessment and notification of 555 medical files from victims with head injury assisted at the General Hospital of Bahia during 2001.RESULTS:
We verified morbidity rates of 19.6% and lethality rates of 22.9%, with most deaths occurring in men after the third decade of life; the injuries involved traffic accidents that were responsible for 64 (50.4%) deaths. Older age, traffic accidents and fever were predictors of death in the multivariable analysis. Fever was the only significant predictor of morbidity.CONCLUSION:
Fever is an independent and modifiable predictor of death and morbidity in patients with traumatic brain injury.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Traumatismos Craniocerebrais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article