As per World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 report, road injury is the tenth cause of mortality in the world. * 90% of these occur in Low and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) * Amongst Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injuries is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. * Clinicians have to answer about the prognosis of the injured patient to the anxious near ones on arrival as well as throughout the course of treatment * A multicenter randomized control trial (CRASH)published a prediction model for traumatic brain injury patients * This model was based on data from High Income countries and not from Low and Middle-Income Countries * Hence to fill this gap we aim to study the outcome of patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and also validate the CRASH trial prediction model in traumatic brain injury patient * It is a Prospective Observational Study for a duration of 18 months and the sample size is 500 patients. * Acute Traumatic Brain injury patients \>18 years of age admitted in Emergency surgery room. * Patients with chronic head injury and Patients who have been declared brain dead and whose organs have been retrieved are excluded. * Variable are Age, Glasgow coma score, Pupils reaction to light, Major extra cranial injuries, CT Finding. * Outcome of the study is mortality at 14th day and morbidity and mortality after 6 months of head injury.
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Timeframe: 14 days