Prevalencia de las complicaciones médicas frecuentes en pacientes con traumatismo cráneo encefálico que fueron atendidos en el hospital docente de la Policía Nacional Guayaquil nº 2 desde enero del 2016 hasta enero del 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: The term traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to all violent impact received in the cranial and facial region, can be established at any age; however, it occurs more frequently in the active and young population, becoming a problem not only of health, but also socioeconomic. Objective: To describe the prevalence of frequent medical complications within the first 72 hours of care of patients with head trauma who were treated at the Teaching Hospital of the National Police Guayaquil N2 from January 2016 to January 2018. Methodology: It is a Case series study of observational, retrospective, transversal and descriptive type. The universe of my study was 205 patients who were treated in the Teaching Hospital of the National Police Guayaquil N2 from January 2016 to January 2018. Finding that of these 205 patients, only 104 met the inclusion criteria, which represent the 50.7% of patients treated with cranioencephalic trauma in this hospital, so that all were included, BECOMING the 104 patients in the universe of the study. Results: The population under 45 years old with respect to those older than 45 years old presented: a (OR) 0.84 than suffering any type of TBI (95% CI 1.78 - 2.18, p <0 , 01). The OR in moderate and severe TCE patients to present complications such as hydroelectrolytic disorders, hypoxia, hypotension and glycemia outside of normal parameters is: 0.87. Conclusion: We can conclude that the complications of traumatic brain injury are more frequent in the population under 45 years of age and that they have suffered moderate and severe TBI according to the staging of the Glasgow coma scale. Becoming an important cause of morbidity and mortality within the young population.