Pattern of Head Injury Among Patients Presented to Adult Emergency Department of Jimma University Teaching Hospital, Jimma, South West Ethiopia
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2015-07
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Trauma, especially head trauma, is an expanding major public health problem and
the leading cause of death of the young and productive part of the world’s population. Globally,
head injury is a substantial cause of mortality and morbidity across all age groups, with a
disproportionately greater burden borne by low- and middle-income countries (1).
Objective: To assess the pattern of head injury among patients presented to adult ED of JUTH,
Jimma, South West Ethiopia, from January 01, 2014 to December 30, 2014.
Methods: Institutional based retrospective, cross sectional study was conducted at JUTH, Jimma
town, South West Ethiopia, from January 01, 2014 to December 30, 2014.
All head injury patients who fulfills inclusion criteria and visited JUTH during the period from
January 01, 2014 to December 30, 2014 were selected for the study. Data was collected using
pretested structured check lists through reviewing of patient chart retrospectively. The collected
data was encoded to Microsoft Excel and was analyzed using SPSS Version 20.0. The obtained
result was displayed by using frequency tables, graphs and charts.
Results: Out of 135 patients, 121 (89.6%) were males and the remaining 14 (10.4%) were
females. The mean age was 30.34 years (SD=14.01). Interpersonal violence 73 (54.1%) and
road traffic accidents 42 (31.1%) were the most common causes of head injury. More than
half of the patients sustained mild head injury which accounts 87 (64.4%) and 20 (14.8%)
sustained severe head injury. The initial GCS had a significant correlation with the outcome
and of all patients 98 (73%) were managed conservatively.
Conclusion: Prevention of road traffic accidents and improvement of conservative care
were identified as major methods to reduce the burden of head injury in a set-up similar to
Jimma.
Key words- head injury, pattern, Jimma University teaching hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.
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Head injury; Pattern, Jimma University teaching hospital; Southwest Ethiopia.