Table 3 Clinical characteristics of pedestrians (n = 917).
From: Epidemiology of head injuries in pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents
Variable | Categories | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Trauma type | Blunt | 441 (49.59) |
Penetrating | 476 (50.41) | |
GCS | Mild | 855 (94.03) |
Medium | 23 (2.30) | |
Sever | 39 (3.67) | |
Initial symptoms after head injury | Headache | 167 (18.21) |
Nausea & vomiting | 157 (17.12) | |
Head & face injury | 132 (14.29) | |
Vertigo | 69 (7.52) | |
Rhinorrhea & Rhinorrhagia | 22 (2.40) | |
Otorrhea | 10 (1.38) | |
Raccoon sign | 71 (7.74) | |
Hemotympanum | 33 (3.60) | |
LOC | 37 (4.03) | |
Scalp lacerations | 108 (11.78) | |
Others | 111 (11.93) | |
Hospital therapies | Outpatient treatment | 782 (85.27) |
Airway & endotracheal intubation | 57 (6.22) | |
Resuscitation | 35 (3.82) | |
Bleeding & volume lost control | 30 (3.27) | |
Neurological Surgery | 13 (1.42) | |
CT scan finding | No acute pathological | 762 (83.07) |
Contusion | 33 (3.60) | |
SAH | 33 (3.60) | |
Skull fracture | 29 (3.16) | |
Epidural hemorrhage | 14 (1.53) | |
Subdural hemorrhage | 17 (1.85) | |
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage | 21 (2.29) | |
Other | 8 (0.9) | |
Concurrent injury & condition | Lower limb & pelvic injury | 216 (23.56) |
Upper limb injury | 148 (16.14) | |
Chest injury | 43 (4.69) | |
Abdominal injury | 26 (2.84) | |
Spinal cord injury | 22 (2.40) | |
Fracture and dislocation of the neck | 9 (0.1) | |
Hemorrhagic shock | 3 (0.33) |
