The Prevalence and Factors Related to Abnormal Brain Lesions in the Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries of Patients Admitted to the Emergency Room of Banglamung Hospital
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Background: Computed tomography (CT) scans of the brain for head injuries at Banglamung Hospital have been continually increasing each year. The factors related to abnormal brain lesions in mild head injuries that can be used as the indications during brain CT scans were surveyed.
Objective: The study’s aim was to determine the prevalence and factors related to abnormal brain lesions in mild traumatic brain injuries at Banglamung Hospital.
Materials and Methods: A prospective, descriptive study was conducted. All 221 mild traumatic brain injury patients were aged 18 and older with GCS ≥ 13, were referred to the Emergency Room (ER) and underwent a brain CT scan.
Results: The mean age was 32.5 years. Most of the subjects were male (69.7%). Positive CT findings were 24.4%. Skull fracture was found to be the most frequent CT finding (59.3%). The factors related to abnormal brain lesions were found to be gender (p = 0.012), alcohol drinking (p = 0.045), loss of consciousness/amnesia (p = 0.002), and vomiting (p = 0.004).
Conclusion: The factors related to abnormal brain lesions include gender, alcohol drinking, loss of consciousness/amnesia and vomiting.
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