Epidemiology of traumatic brain death in the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Abstract

The death determined by neurological criteria or brain death (BD) is best understood as a brain failure or end of a complete and irreversible neurological failure clinical expression. Objective: to determine the causes of ME in the Intensive Care Unit of the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico. Material and methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study the causes of ME in INNN were determined. Quantitative variables were expressed as means and qualitative variables as proportions. Descriptive statistical techniques were used. The information was processed on an excel database. We evaluated 157 patients with clinical evidence of ME. After excluding 98 because they did not meet inclusion criteria, the analysis of a sample of 59 individuals with ME. Results: 61% of the cases occurred in women. The mean age of the sample was 43.30 years (range 17-71 years). The most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage was ME, representing 55.93% of cases. The average effective donation during the period under review was 42.78%. Conclusion: an increase in the level of alert to the symptoms and signs that should guide the diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage is required because it is an entity for which it is possible to offer treatment to avoid death.