Volume : 7, Issue : 6, June - 2018

Role of Von Willebrand Factor in Head Injury Patients- A prospective study.

Dr Aditya Shrivastava, Dr Arun Jain

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Introduction: - Head injury is an important health issue and its incidence is rapidly increasing. The serum level of</p> <div>vWf increases in response to various stimuli without attendant endothelial injury. An elevated serum level of vWf</div> <div>may suggest endothelial activation in severe head injury.</div> <div>Aims and Objectives: - The purpose of this study was to 􀃶nd out correlation between plasma von Willeand factor concentration and</div> <div>Primary outcome of severe traumatic ain injury in men.</div> <div>Patients &amp; Methods: This is a prospective study on 20 consecutive severe TBI (GCS 3-8 at arrival) male patients, aged 16-65 years arrived at</div> <div>emergency room, without previous history of neurological or psychiatric disease admitted at our institute.</div> <div>Conclusion:-The result of mean plasma vWf concentration was signi􀃶cantly higher in the Head injury group than in the control group.</div>