Traumatismo craneoencefálico: estudio de cinco a？os

six thousand five hundred and forty eight patients, who went to the emergency room of “dr luis díaz soto” with a diagnosis of cranioencephalic trauma, were studied regardless of the severity of injure and of associated multiple lesions. of this number, 19,62 % were children. the most frequent cause was traffic accident. slight cranioencephalic trauma prevailed and only 383 patients presented with moderate to severe traumatism. 18,35 % of cases required hospitalization and 4,54 % needed some type of urgent surgery. forty two percent of patients suffering cranioencephalic traumatism died and also 27,61 % of operated patients deceased. respiratory sepsis was the most frequent complication. good results were achieved in 47,71 % of cases with severe cranioencephalic traumatism and in 98,41 % of the studied patients in general.