title: [Acute traumatic subdural haematomas: study of 110 cases].
abstract: We report a series of 110 patients with acute traumatic subdural hematoma (ASDH) admitted at HBDF emergency within 1994 (January 1st to December 1st). All patients were treated according to the same protocol. There was a predominance of males (79%), with ages ranging from 14 to 70, being car accidents (20%) and car-pedestrian accidents (34%) the most frequent causes. The majority of patients (85.7%) was admitted in very serious condition, with a score of 8 points on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) or lesser, which directly influenced the mortality rates. CT scan was the diagnostic procedure of choice, and it showed contusion and brain swelling to be the most frequent associated intracranial lesions. Surgery was carried out in 45.1% of cases and, in most instances, through an ample fronto-temporo-parietal craniotomy, with hematoma drainage and dural reconstitution. In 54.9% of cases, clinical conditions did not allow surgery and in this group, 69.6%.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Neurocirurgia do Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo Neto
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farage Filho
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: da Motta
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed