Value of the computerized axial tomography for early diagnosis of cranio cerebral trauma

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 62 patients with cranio cerebral trauma admitted to 'Saturnino Lora' Provincial Teaching Hospital of Santiago de Cuba, from January 2005 to May 2006, in whom computerized axial tomography indicated at the emergency room was performed with the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of this radiographic technique for early diagnosis of the injury. In the case material there was neither association between the source and imaging results, nor between the age and sex. The main clinical manifestations were vomiting, headache and motor deficit as well as frontal location, intraparenchymatous hematoma (the latter as the most common image finding) and the hyperdense area as tomographic pattern. The survival was of 91,9%