Hospital Stay in 1000 Consecutive Head Injuries.
- Author:
Kyeong Seok LEE
1
;
Hack Gun BAE
;
Young Tak PARK
;
Il Gyn YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital, Chonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hospital stay;
Head injury;
Medical certificate
- MeSH:
Coma;
Craniocerebral Trauma*;
Diffuse Axonal Injury;
Head*;
Humans;
Length of Stay*;
Skull Fractures
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1989;18(3):417-423
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We present a study on hospital stay in 1000 consecutive head injuries. The mean hospital stay and standard deviation were calculated in a given condition according to some variables, such as sex, age, Glasgow Coma Score on admission, skull fracture, CT findings, and treatment. Usually, standard deviation was greater than the mean value in a given condition and hospital stay varied in a wide range, representing that the duration of treatment is related not only to the severity but also various individual properties. Since the associated injuries were variable in location, type and severity, they altered hospital stay greatly. Thus hospital stay was analyzed in patients without associated injuries. Hospital stay was largely dependant on three variables. Low Glasgow Coma Score on admission, presence of intracranial mass lesion or diffuse axonal injury, and operative treatment prolonged hospital stay. Skull fracture also lengthened hospital stay but only in patients without associated injuries. Duration of treatment should be recorded in all medical certificates related to the injury. For the proper estimation of duration of treatment, more reports are needed in this field.
