%0 Journal Article
%T Mortalidad por trauma craneoencef¨¢lico en el adulto mayor
%A Mosquera Betancourt
%A Gretel
%A Vega Basulto
%A Sergio D
%A Valdebl¨¢nquez Atencio
%A Johanna
%J Revista Archivo M£¿£¿dico de Camag£¿£¿ey
%D 2009
%I Centro Provincial de Informaci¨®n de Ciencias M¨¦dicas de Camag¨¹ey
%X background: the cranioencephalic trauma is the most frequent neurosurgical disease in older adult. the 95% of the aged with serious cranioencephalic trauma die. objective: to characterize the mortality of the cranioencephalic trauma in the old man to know its behavior and to take health actions ahead to modify this situation. method: a descriptive study of all the old men who died by cranioencephalic trauma submited to medico-legal autopsy at amalia simoni provincial hospital of camag¨¹ey was performed from january 2003 to january 2006. the sample was constituted by 71 deceaseds. descriptive statistic methods for data processing were applied. results: masculine sex and the group of 60 to 69 years prevailed. traffic accidents were the main cause of the cranioencephalic trauma. the 90% suffered serious cranioencephalic trauma and it was the severe encephalic contusion accompanied by cerebral edema the most frequent cause of death. conclusions: the mortality for cranioencephalic trauma in the old man is determined by the severity of the trauma and for the development of complications like cerebral edema and respiratory sepsis.
%K cranioencephalic trauma
%K older adult
%K mortality
%K cranioencephalic trauma minor.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1025-02552009000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en