vehicle accidents and falling are the most common causes of head trauma in the pediatric population. The effects of trauma in children are different compared with adults. The main reasons for this difference are that the skull is thinner and more flexible, the head-to-body ratio is larger...
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A Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS) was recently developed and is rapidly gaining acceptance as a triage tool. This study examines the utility of the PTS as compared with the Revised Trauma Score, which is applicable to all ages. The charts of 376 children 0 to 14 years of age who were admitt...
score of 14 to 15 is categorized as mild head injury; a GCS score of 9 to 13 as moderate head injury; and a GCS score <9 as severe head injury. Modified versions of this scale for children and infants have been created, such as the AVPU (alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive). ...
The aim of this review is to provide the reader with the most commonly accepted principles for the management of head trauma patients. The initial clinical evaluation and resuscitation, radiological evaluation, monitoring, intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure management, brain protection, ...
Pediatric abusive head trauma (AHT), formally coined shaken baby syndrome, is the inflicted injury to a young child or infant through sudden forceful impact, violent shaking or a combination of these two, resulting in injury to the skull and intracranial contents. AHT involves a varying spectrum...
1) To verify clinical signs correlated with appropriate cranial computed tomography scan indications and changes in the therapeutic approach in pediatric minor head trauma scenarios. 2) To estimate the radiation exposure of computed tomography scans with low dose protocols in the context of trauma and...
head traumanonaccidental injurypediatricCTMRIHead trauma is a frequent indication for cranial imaging in children. CT is considered the first line of study ... ME Ryan,S Palasis,G Saigal,... - 《Journal of the American College of Radiology Jacr》 被引量: 53发表: 2014年 The use of repea...
Cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) after cerebellar injury in pediatric head trauma is a poorly recognized condition that is not properly diagnosed or treated in our daily practice. We aimed to clinically identify this syndrome after isolated posttraumatic cerebellar injury and to propose pathophysiological...
Injuries are the leading cause of death in children, and brain injury is the most common cause of pediatric traumatic death. Numerous mechanisms of injury are unique to the child, including walker injuries, skateboard injuries, falls, and child abuse, as