Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VARIOUS HEAD INJURY PROGNOSTIC SCALES

Dhandayuthapani Velayuthampillai, Muthuraman Pichaiah

Abstract :

 Traumatic Brain injury (TBI) is an important public health care problem^1–3 and is one of the most common causes of death. The symptoms of TBI can be various depending on the extent of damage to the ain. Any ideal prediction score or model should be easy to apply, with high sensitivity and specificity rates irrespective of the management protocol, its time and place of application.

Aim of the study

Compå the various head injury prognostic scales.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

It is a prospective analytical study; study period was from september 2014 to Feuary 2015 in the department of neurosurgery, Thanjavur medical college. 300 consecutive patients admitted in our hospital trauma ward with moderate to severe head injury. All Patients presenting to the trauma ward of our hospital with moderate to severe head injury are included .patients with mild head injury were excluded.Comparison of MHIPS, NIMHANS, EDINBURGH Scores as a better prognostic score for outcome .

RESULTS

MHIPS; This scoring method has a good sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 79% for predicting the outcome in moderate and severe TBI. NIMHANS; The sensitivity of the scoring system was only 20% while specificity was 81%; EDINBURGH; This scoring method has high sensitivity 97%,  And low specificity was only 13%.

 

 

 

Conclusion

            In our study MHIPS scoring method has  good sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 79% for predicting the outcome in moderate and severe TBI.

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Dhandayuthapani Velayuthampillai, Muthuraman Pichaiah, COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VARIOUS HEAD INJURY PROGNOSTIC SCALES, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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