“Hemiparesia izquierda a consecuencia de accidente de tránsito en adolescentes de 16 años”

Abstract

This research titled as "Hemiparesis left as a result of a traffic accident in a 16-year-old adolescent", is the analysis of the clinical case of a male patient, with no significant pathological history, who suffers a traffic accident product from which he is transferred To the emergency room of the Provincial Hospital of Latacunga where, when assessed neurologically, according to the Glasgow scale a level of consciousness of 7/15 is applied, basic life support measures are applied and because they do not have the capacity to resolve, they are transferred to the City of Quito.

In this city to be received by a private health unit enters with the diagnosis of Diffuse Axonal Injury and Trauma severe cranioencephalic trunk is performed an encephalogram determining left brachiocrural hemiparesis and an MRI that shows a subdural hematoma, in later days the patient stabilizes And perform motor and language rehabilitation. One month later the patient is alert, oriented, conserved language, improves the state of consciousness and begins with outpatient treatment.

By knowing in a more detailed way the case and the evolution according to the course of the time that persists in the patient, it is proposed to carry out a physiotherapeutic treatment plan in order that the patient can achieve greater independence in the activities of daily life and reduce The neurological sequelae caused by severe Brain Cranial Trauma