CLINICAL FEATURES OF DISORDER OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Nguyễn Hương Quỳnh1,, Nguyễn Văn Tuấn1,2, Dương Đại Hà1,3, Dương Anh Tài1
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospital
3 Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital

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Background: Disorder of consciousness is one of the most common acute mental disorder in traumatic brain injury. The evalution of its symptoms helps prognosis and support treatment. Research objective: Describe the clinical characteristics of disorder of consciousness in patients with traumatic brain injury. Subjects and research methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 76 patients with traumatic brain injury, treated at the Departement of Neurosurgery of Viet Duc University Hospital from October 2020 to July 2021. Result: The study subjects are mainly male (82,89%), the average age is 39,54 ± 18,04 and 81,6% causes is traffic crashes. There were 42 patients with disorder of consciousness out of 76 patients with traumatic brain injury, accounted 55,3%.

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