Pattern and outcomes of head injuries in Egypt: A study of the egyptian revolution

Like many other traumas, head injuries is a growing health problem and is attributed to deaths among the young and productive population. The intention of this study was to compare the difference in the pattern and outcome of head injuries between year 2010 versus 2011. A retrospective comparative study carried out based upon data collected from medical records of patient with head injuries admitted to emergency room, El-Demerdash, Ain Shams University Hospitals starting from January 2010 to December 2011. Socio-demographic, full history, clinical examination and criteria of severity were collected from the sheets for the study. During the study period, the total number of head injured cases received by EL-Demerdash hospital was 1020; 407 in 2010 and 613 in 2011. Due to in-completed sheets 206 of the head injured patients were discarded from the study, 72 in 2010 and 134 in 2011, out of the 134 cases 69 were head gunshots. So the actual numbers of cases subjected to this study were 335 cases in 2010 and 479 in 2011. The male percentage was higher than female in both years. In 2011, the mean age was 24.63 ± 19.19. In 2010, Post-concussion state was in 82.4% of patients, while poly-trauma were present in only 17.6% and no cases of head gunshot were present. In 2011, poly-trauma were 53.03%, while post-concussion were present in 34.86% and head gunshots in 12.11% of cases. In 2010, fall 37.6% followed by motor car accidents (28.4%).