@article{Salman Raza, Yasir Shahzad, Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Ali Tassadaq, Nadeem Akhtar_2018, title={Pattern of Head Injury and Associated Injuries in the Patients Presenting to Neurosurgical Emergency}, volume={22}, url={http://journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/878}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background:</strong> To assess the pattern of head injury and associated injuries along with head injury presenting to neurosurgical emergency after sustaining injuries by different modes.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> In this observational study, non-probability consecutive sampling was used. Patients were recruited who were having head injury with or without any associated bodily injury. There was no compulsion for age and gender</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results:</strong>Majority of the patients were male (81.28%) with 48% aged between 20-49 years. Road traffic accident (66.89%) was the commonest mode of injury. Associated injuries were found in 39.7%. Maxillo-facial injury ( 17.3%), long bone injury (17.8%) and spinal trauma (5.8%) were the commonest associated injuries.Normal brain CT scan was seen in 28.6%</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong> Conclusion:</strong> Head injury is frequently associated with injuries to other parts of body .That is why other bodily injuries should be taken into consideration while dealing with head injury.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College}, author={Salman Raza, Yasir Shahzad, Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Ali Tassadaq, Nadeem Akhtar, Salman Raza, Yasir Shahzad, Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Ali Tassadaq, Nadeem Akhtar}, year={2018}, month={Jun.} }