Department of Public Health and Nursing, Rift Valley University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Research Article
Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury and its Prognosis among Patients Admitted to Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital emergence Department, Addis ababa Ethiopia, 2018
Author(s): Cheru Kore*, Girma Adugna and Yohannes Desta
Background; Traumatic brain injury is one in all the foremost devastating kinds of injury, and it leads to varied degrees of paralysis, loss of consciousness, cognitive state and even death. Head trauma accounts for the bulk of trauma deaths. Traumatic brain injury is taken into account a ‘silent epidemic, as society is essentially unaware of the magnitude of this drawback.
Objective: To assess the Prevalence of traumatic brain injury/TBI and its prognosis among patients admitted to TASH emergency department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.
Method: Institutional based retrospective, cross sectional study was conducted at TASH, from May 23, 2018 to June 20, 2018, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Data was recorded on structured check lists through reviewing of patient chart retrospectively. The quantitative data was entered .. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2795-6172.2022.6.168