Afri.Neur.Sci.Vol.16 No.2 July 1997
A SURVEY OF 371 HEAD INJURED PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE
NEUROSURGICAL WARDS OF THE PARIREWYATWA HOSPITAL, HARARE, ZIMBABW
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Levy L.F., Makaraw O S. - Harare - Zimbabwe.
Code Number:NS97008
SUMMARY
A prospective study of all head injured
patients who were admitted to the Parirewyatwa Hospital under our
care between the months of May 1996 and August, 1997 inclusive was
undertaken. The purpose of the study was to document the cause and
nature oft he injury, the presence of other injuries and their
effects, the outcome, to review the post mortem in order to clearly
delineate the nature of the intracranial injury, to determine if
there were errors in the treatment, to see if there were other ways
in which the treatment of the head injuries could be improved.
RESUME
Une crude prospective a ete conduite chez
tousles patients ayant presente un traumatisme cranien, admis dans
notre service a l'Hopital Parirewyatwa entre les mois de Mai 1996
et d'Aout 1997 inclus. Le but de l'etude etait de rechercher les
causes et la nature du traumatisme, la presence d'autres blessures
et leurs effects, leur devenir. De plus, les rapports d'autopsies
ont ete examines pour rechercher la nature exacte des lesions
intracraniennes afin de determiner s'il y avait eu une erreur dans
le traitement, et pour rechercher s'il etait possible d' ameliorer
les therapeutiques des traumatismes craniens.
Key words: Head injuries - critical review
treatment.
Copyright 1997 Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences
