The underlying causes and management of intracranial subdural empyema in the neurosurgery department, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | Makhambeni, Wilheminah Hendrika | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-11T09:04:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-11T09:04:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Intracranial subdural empyema (SDE) is a potentially life-threatening condition. A retrospective study of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital’s neurosurgery unit’s SDE patients revealed a mean age of presentation of 15 years and male predominance (70%). In 61.7% SDE was linked with sinusitis and in 83% with immunocompetence. There was a statistically significant correlation between immunocompromise and death (40% mortality rate in the immunocompromised subset). Among the patients’ culture positive specimen, 57.1% yielded a Streptococcus spp., gram negative isolates were found in patients with immunocompromise or previous head trauma/surgery, and 78.6% of the micro-organisms were sensitive to 3rd generation cephalosporins. There was an 86.7% survival rate. A determinant of residual neurological deficit could not be found among the parameters investigated. Keywords: intracranial subdural empyema, complicated sinusitis, burrholes | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | LG2018 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24903 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.mesh | Empyema, Subdural | |
| dc.title | The underlying causes and management of intracranial subdural empyema in the neurosurgery department, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |
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