Clinical and epidemiological profile of head trauma at the Urgencias e Traumas Hospital in the city of Petrolina, Pernambuco

Objective: In Brazil, among the set of injuries resulting from external causes, the head trauma (HT) stands out in terms of magnitude, both in dead and wounded. This study aims to evaluate epidemiologically the cases of traumatic brain injury occurred in the Sao Francisco Valley analyzing them in age, sex, origin, trauma etiology, conduct and additional tests. Method: The medical records of patients victims of head injury admitted to the Urgencias e Traumas Hospital, between December 2008 and June 2009 were studied in a descriptive and analytical with a quantitative approach. A total of 101 medical records were evaluated. Conclusion: The most common etiology of HT were motorcycle accidents, followed by fall. Male is the most affected gender and most affected age group was 21 to 40 years. Regarding the classification of severity of HT, 53.47% were classified as mild, 25.73% were classified as moderate and 20.80% classified as severe, indicating the prevalence of mild HT, but with a significant percentage of severe cases.