title: [Clinical study of patients with cranial trauma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify clinical characteristics and prognosis in patients with cranial trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A longitudinal design was used to study 302 patients between the years 2003 and 2006. Variables were mechanism and type of lesion, localization, clinical condition, Glasgow Coma Scale and prognosis. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and odds ratio were applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Motor vehicle accidents were in the first place (47%). The Glasgow mean score was 13. Half of the patients presented with loss of consciousness and the most common symptom, in 34% of them, was cephalgia. There was a proportionately inverse correlation (r-53, < 0.00001) between the Glasgow score and the number of hospitalization days. A two percent mortality was equally distributed in the period studied. Odds ratio for the motorcycle as mechanism was 2.02 (95% CI, 0.8- 4.2) and the OR for the frontoparietal region was 2.6 (95% CI, 0.6-2.3).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The variables associated with unfavourable prognosis in cranial trauma were motorcycle accidents and damage to the frontoparietal region of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital General de Zona 1, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Colima, Colima, Mexico. millanrebeca@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rebeca Olivia
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Millán-Guerrero
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isais-Millán
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hernández-Moreno
authors.forename: Ivanhoe
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mendoza-López
authors.forename: Benjamín
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trujillo-Hernández
authors.forename: Reyes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ibarra-Barrientos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult