Abstract: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) continues to affect millions of population around the globe on yearly basis. TBI is responsible for about 50,000 deaths per year in United States of America. As per information from CDC (Centres for Disease Control), the total number of TBI-related emergency out –patient visits, In-patient admissions and mortality rates have increased in the decade 2001–2010. In US, according to recent CDC report, there is an economic impact of about 80 billion$ due to TBI. TBI can be actively classified into mild, moderate and severe based on GCS scale, permanent disability rate of 10%, 60% and 100% respectively and overall mortality rate of 20% to 30%. However, per person, the number of deaths related to TBIs has reduced during this same period , most likely because of increased awareness, better hospital infrastructure and management guidelines and significant technological developments in current treatment modalities. Overall rates for TBIs are likely underreported , considering percentage of TBIs that out reach medical attention .The highest rates of TBI is observe to be in age-group:(0-4y) (15-24 y)and (>65 y). The leading two important causes of TBI are falls and motor vehicle accidents. With an increase in number of TBIs, there seen to have a lower mortality rate due to above mentioned strategies, but have an increasing morbidity rate with respect to their TBI.
Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), CDC (Centres for Disease Control), GCS scale.
Title: ROLE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN UNDERSTANDING THE SEVERITY, PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY- LITERATURE REVIEW
Author: Dr Xu HaiBo, DR MOUSUMY ABBAS
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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