A retrospective study of traumatic brain injury within emergency department at government medical college, Jammu

Abstract

Aim and Objective: To study a profile of traumatic brain injury within hospital emergency department at Government Medical College, Jammu.Methods: In Jammu's Government Medical College, a retrospective research was undertaken on TBI patients. A questionnaire was administered, which was completed using medical data and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes. June through November 2022 was the collecting period. Red Cap, the existing electronic data gathering technology, was used to submit data, which was then evaluated in Microsoft Excel. The permission of the ethics committee has been acquired.Result: 300 cases have been discovered, with 240 (or 80%) being male and 60 (or 20%) being female. It was revealed that 29.33% of employed persons sustained head injuries, followed by 23.33% of jobless individuals. The leading causes of head injuries were falls (160; 53.33%) and motor vehicle accidents (72; 24%), followed by assault (46; 15.33%) and being hit by/or against (22; 29.6%). Patients treated within the first hour after getting specialist medical care accounted for 14.66% of all cases, of which 4.54% had a moderate GCS and 95.45% had a mild GCS.Conclusion: The data obtained could be useful for the hospital administration in managing the necessary resources and for conducting information campaigns among the high-risk groups.