Gambaran cedera kepala yang menyebabkan kematian di Bagian Forensik dan Medikolegal RSUP Prof Dr.

Authors

  • Astrid C. Awaloei
  • Nola T.S. Mallo
  • Djemi Tomuka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35790/ecl.v4i2.14369

Abstract

Abstract: Traumatology is a study about wound or trauma and also its relation with violence. One of the many causes of death is head trauma that can cause trauma of either outer layer or inner layer of the head. In USA, there are around 1.7 million people that head injuries every year. More than 52,000 people were reported dead, 275,000 people were hospitalized, and almost 80% were treated and referred to emergency departments. Based on gender, males were more often had head injury than females. This study was aimed to obtain the profile of head injury that caused death at the Department of Forensic and Medicolegal Prof Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital Manado from June 2015 to July 2016. Samples were obtained by using total sampling method. The results showed that there were 4 cases in 2015 and 5 cases in 2016. The description of head injuries were skull base fracture, diffuse brain injury, intracerebral hematoma, and subdural hematoma. Males had a higher prevalence than females, most were aged 20-40 years.

Keywords: head injury, death

 

Abstrak: Traumatologi adalah ilmu yang mempelajari tentang luka dan cedera serta hubungannya dengan kekerasaan. Salah satu dari banyak penyebab kematian ialah cedera kepala, yang dapat menyebabkan trauma pada kepala baik lapisan luar maupun dalam. Diperkirakan 1,7 juta orang di Amerika Serikat mengalami cedera kepala setiap tahunnya. Lebih dari 52.000 orang meninggal dunia, 275.000 dirawat di rumah sakit, dan hampir 80% dirawat dan dirujuk ke instalasi gawat darurat. Jenis kelamin laki-laki lebih banyak mengalami cedera kepala dibandingkan perempuan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan gambaran cedera kepala yang menyebabkan kematian di Bagian Forensik dan Medikolegal RSUP Prof Dr. R. D. Kandou periode Juni 2015 - Juli 2016. Pada penelitian ini sampel diperoleh dengan metode total sampling. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan tercatat 4 kasus pada tahun 2015 dan 5 kasus pada tahun 2016. Gambaran cedera kepala yang menyebabkan kematian yaitu fraktur basis krani, cedera otak difus, hematoma intraserebral, dan hematoma subdural. Laki-laki memiliki prevalensi yang paling banyak terhadap kejadian kematian akibat cedera kepala dengan usia terbanyak 20-40 tahun.

Kata kunci: cedera kepala, kematian

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Awaloei, A. C., Mallo, N. T., & Tomuka, D. (2016). Gambaran cedera kepala yang menyebabkan kematian di Bagian Forensik dan Medikolegal RSUP Prof Dr. E-CliniC, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.35790/ecl.v4i2.14369

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016): Jurnal e-CliniC (eCl)

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