Management of Pediatric Severe Head Trauma

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma

Pediatric abusive head trauma – once commonly known as the shaken baby syndrome – is a form of child abuse that results in traumatic brain injury. The peak incidence of pediatric abusive head trauma appears to be in children between the ages of 2 to 4 months; the exact incidence of this injury is not known. Pediatric abusive head trauma often results in severe and permanent neurological damage,...

Management of head trauma.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death in most Western nations and consumes an estimated $100 billion annually in the United States alone. In the last 2 decades, the management of TBI has evolved dramatically, as a result of a more thorough understanding of the physiologic events leading to secondary neuronal injury as well as advances in the care of critically il...

epidemiology of pediatric head trauma in guilan

Epidemiology of Pediatric Head Trauma in Guilan

BACKGROUND Head injury (HI) is preventable and knowledge of the epidemiology of children's HI is essential for developing preventive strategies. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to survey pediatric HI patients admitted to emergency wards at Poursina Hospital in Rasht, Iran, from 2009 to 2010, and to identify the cause of HI in these children. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this retrospective s...

Epidemiology of Pediatric Head Trauma in Guilan

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