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Predisposing Factors Associated With Chronic Subdural Hematoma In Adults And Elderly Adults Served In The Neuro Surgery And Geriatrics Service At The María Auxiliadora Hospital In 2016-2020, Marjhory J. Martinez Palomino, Marco A. Melgarejo Mostajo, Willer Chanduví Puicon, Rocío Guillen Ponce

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

Introduction: A common pathology in the Neurosurgery Service is chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH), affecting elderly male patients. It is an accumulation of blood that is located in the subdural space that can occur spontaneously or be the result of a head injury or other pathologies such as high blood pressure (HBP), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), alcoholism, or external factors such as head trauma (CT) and consumption of platelet antiaggregants. Objective: To determine how predisposing factors are associated with CSDH in adults and older adults treated at the Neurosurgery and Geriatrics Service at the María Auxiliadora Hospital (HMA) in 2016-2020. …