Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria
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MORGAN Eghosa
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Journal: Caans 2018 Oral Abstracts Publication
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ABSTRACT 33 AUTHORS: MORGAN , E; BANKOLE, F
Author institutions/affiliations: IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL/AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY; Lagos university teaching hospital/university of Lagos
Category: Trauma Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria
Submission: Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant disease burden with great impact on the patient, his family and the community. White blood cell (WBC) count is a laboratory test routinely done in trauma care and has been shown to be predictive of outcome in TBI but the strength of prediction have not been known in comparison with other outcome parameters such as Glasgow coma scale-extended (GOS-E). This research was aimed at comparing the predictive strength of the total white blood cell count within 24 hour of TBI with outcome using GOS-E.
Methods: This was a one year prospective hospital based study of all patients that presented at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) over a year period with clinical and radiological evidence of TBI within 24 hours of injury and the GOS-E was assessed at six (6) month post injury. One hundred and fifty eight patients with traumatic brain injury who met the inclusion criteria were studied of the 199 patients recruited
Results: 73.4% of these patients were male and 26.6% were female with a male to female ratio of 3.6:1. A negative correlation was shown between GOS-E done at 6 months post-TBI with total WBC count within 24 hours post-TBI at a correlation coefficient of - 0.090
Conclusion: This study concluded that total white blood cell count done within 24 post-injury is a weak predictor of outcome in patients with TBI compared to GOS-E.
MORGAN,E. .
(2018). Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria, 1
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MORGAN,E. .
"Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria" 1, no (), (2018):
33-33.
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(2018). Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria, 1
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"Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria", 1 . (2018) :
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"Comparison of total white blood cell count within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury with outcome using Glasgow outcome scale –extended in Lagos Nigeria"
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