DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i06.0091

Pages: 1078-1081

All unidentified & unaccompanied TBI patients admitted in department of neurosurgery, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal from June 2008 to May 2011 were enrolled in this study. We analyzed demography, mode of injury, clinical presentation & condition at admission, treatment given, hospital stay, outcome & factors affecting outcome of the patients. There were total 100 consecutive patients enrolled in this study, 87% of the patients were male. Most common age group was 40-59 years, 49% patients falls in this age group. Most common cause of trauma was road traffic accident (48%), followed by unknown mode of injury (36%). Most common cause of brain injury was cerebral contusion (23%), followed by Subarachnoid Haemorrhage injury (19%). Overall mortality was 41.8%, these traumatic & brain injury of unidentified and unaccompanied was found in patients in the study. Study shows that sensitized hospital, staff, society and media is need for better management and improvement of unidentified and unaccompanied head injury patients. Communal responsibility of sharing of these patients is must for early relocation/ rehabilitation for decongestion of overloaded hospital for other patients need.