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• TITLE: Scan Features of Brain Damage during Trauma in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Series Study

  AUTHORS: Samuel Bula Mbaki, Aliocha Natuhoyila Nkodila, Michel Tshikwela Lelo, Benjamin Mbenza Longo

  KEYWORDS: Brain Injuries, CT Scan, Trauma, Kinshasa Hospitals

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.8 No.5, May 28, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Background and aim: Brain trauma and various neurological disorders represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. But data relating to this in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. The aim of the study is to identify traumatic pathologies by CT scan in patients followed in hospitals in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Methods: descriptive cross-sectional study of data from the medical records of patients having performed a brain CT scan covering a period of 24 months at the University Clinics of Kinshasa and at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital. There are three types of study parameters, those relating to socio-demographic data (age, sex, date of the CT scan); those relating to the clinical data and the indications for the examination and the CT data. Results: 746 presented trauma assessment against 2433 patients for a non-traumatic indication. The mean age was 47.1 ± 20.9 years. There was a statistically significant and unequal distribution of the proportions of indications for brain scan according to age groups: the age group