Background: Common obstetric emergencies require blood and blood components transfusion. The use of blood and its components has become a lifesaving strategy in management of obstetric haemorrhage. This study was aimed to know the prevalence, indications and adverse reactions of blood and its components transfusion.Methods: A review of 405 patients of obstetric emergencies requiring blood and its component transfusion was done.Results: Prevalence of blood and blood components transfusion in obstetric emergencies in one-year period was 18.4%. Mostly women who received blood transfusions were multiparous (50.12%) and belonged to rural areas (62%). Anemia is a risk factor for obstetric emergencies and the mean pre transfusion hemoglobin ±SD was 8.04±1.38 (g/dl). Obstetric hemorrhage (68.6%) was the most common indication for transfusion and packed red cells were most commonly (54.07%) transfused. The overall percentage of adverse reactions seen during transfusion was 1.95%.Conclusions: The present study reinforces the importance of appropriate use of blood and its components in obstetric emergencies. Appropriate use of blood components avoids many of the hazards associated with use of whole blood. All blood components should be made available at peripheral hospitals as most of the patients require specific blood component and they are referred to tertiary care centre in emergencies which can be avoided.

One of the major public health issues worldwide is traumatic brain injury. EDH is most commonly located in the temporoparietal region. Proper and timely management of these patients improves the outcome. To interpret theincidence, etiology and location of EDH in surgically managed patients.Surgically operated EDH patients were epidemiologically analysed as per the age, gender, mechanism of injury, GCS at admission, site of hematoma and associated intracranial injuries.: Epidemiological analysis of thirty operated EDH patients was done.: Statistical evaluation was done   .EDH was more common (76.67%) among males than females (23.33%). Mostly patients (50%) were in the age group of 21-41 years. Road traffic accident was the most common (50%) mode of trauma leading to EDH occurrence. Temporoparietal EDH was the most common (36.66%) location on CT scan. Most common (70%) associated intracranial injury observed was the skull fractures.: EDH is a serious complication of head injury. Early diagnosis and proper management is required. EDH is more common in men. Careful interpretation of CT scan head is important to get information about the location EDH and other associated injuries before proceeding for surgical evacuation.

In approximately 2% of all patients with head injuries, Extradural haematoma occurs. Immediate diagnosis and surgical evacuation is usually required. Outcome in patient with EDH can be assessed using Glasgow outcome score (GOS). Five parameters of outcome we have measured in our study are - good recovery, moderate disability, severe disability, vegetative state and death. Assessment of outcome of patient by using Glasgow outcome score (GOS) and assessing the outcome with respect to the initial GCS at admission was done. Most (51.42%) of the patients were in the age group of 16-31 years. RTA was the most common (51.42%) cause for EDH occurrence. Most of the patients (57.14%) had GCS of 13-15 in our study. Majority of the patients (68.57%) had a Glasgow outcome score of 5, indicating a good outcome. 51.42% of patients having a GCS of 13-15 had a good outcome, whereas 11.42% of patients having GCS of 9-12 and 5.71% of patients having GCS of ≤ 8 had good outcome. EDH is one of the most serious complications in head injury. It requires immediate diagnosis and management. Urgent surgical intervention improves the outcome Mild head injury patients (GCS 13-15) have good outcome (GOS 5) as compared to with severe head injury (GCS ≤ 8) patients. Lower GCS patients have poor outcome.

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