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Pediatric Head Trauma [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 2015
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to a spectrum of brain injury that can result in significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. Pediatric head trauma is distinct from adult TBI. The purpose of this review article is to discuss pediatric TBI and current treatment modalities available.
Nicole, Sharp, Kelly, Tieves
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Missing the PECARN rule is related to head CT overuse in Mexican children with mild head trauma

Journal of the Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging, 2023
Introduction: Computed tomography (CT) overuse in children with mild head trauma can be avoided by applying the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) rule. The aims of this study were (1) to apply the PECARN rule to predict traumatic
Juan D. Moreno-Cabrera, L. Michelle Silva-Lira, J. Andres Burgos-Zuleta   +2 more
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Identifying degenerative effects of repetitive head trauma with neuroimaging: a clinically-oriented review

Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2021
Background and Scope of Review Varying severities and frequencies of head trauma may result in dynamic acute and chronic pathophysiologic responses in the brain.
Breton M. Asken, Gil D. Rabinovici
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The epidemiology of and management of pediatric patients with head trauma: a hospital-based study from Southern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. In Scandinavia, the epidemiology of pediatric head trauma is poorly documented.
Ali Al Mukhtar, Henrik Bergenfeldt, Marcus Edelhamre, Tomas Vedin, Per-Anders Larsson, Stefan Öberg   +5 more
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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease and the risk of injuries requiring hospitalization [PDF]

, 2012
Background and purpose Previous studies have suggested that Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is associated with repetitive trauma, coagulation problems and anatomical abnormalities of the blood supply to the femoral head. The hypothesis that repetitive
Bahmanyar, S., Ekbom, A., Hailer, Y.D., Montgomery, S., Nilsson, O.   +4 more
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Funding Era Free Speech Theory: Applying Traditional Speech Protection to the Regulation of Anonymous Cyberspace [PDF]

, 2014
Background Blunt trauma is the most frequent mechanism of injury in multiple trauma, commonly resulting from road traffic collisions or falls. Two of the most frequent injuries in patients with multiple trauma are chest trauma and extremity fracture ...
Andreas Seekamp, Claudia Neunaber, Deike Varoga, Frank Hildebrand, Hagen Andruszkow, Matthias Weuster, Mersedeh Tohidnezhad, Nadine Steubesand, Sebastian Lippross, Stefan Rose-John, Stefanie Fitschen-Oestern, Thomas Pufe, Tim Klueter   +12 more
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EVALUATION OF PEDIATRIC HEAD INJURIES

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background:Trauma is a leading cause of death in children older than one year in the world; with head trauma representing 80% or more of the injuries.
Ihssan S. Nema
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Less Is More? The Impact of Trauma Volume on the Positive Rate of Head Computed Tomography Scans in Head Trauma Patients

The Scientific World Journal, 2012
Objective. Few studies have assessed the impact of trauma volume on the operational efficiency of emergency departments. Herein, we evaluate the association between trauma volume with the positive rate of head computed tomography scans in head trauma ...
Chao-Wen Chen, Yun-Ting Lou, Chi-Ming Chu, Hsing-Lin Lin, Wei-Che Lee, Ke-Zong Ma, Yuan-Chia Cheng, Liang-Chi Kuo   +7 more
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THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AND MORTALITY IN HEAD TRAUMA PATIENTS

Indonesian Journal for Health Sciences, 2019
Head trauma is a major public health problem and is a major cause of mortality worldwide. In the case of head trauma patients, the mortality is determined by using systolic blood pressure as one of the predictors.
Akhmad Renaldi Renaldi, Rismia Agustina, Oski Illiandri   +2 more
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Evaluating glial and neuronal blood biomarkers GFAP and UCH-L1 as gradients of brain injury in concussive, subconcussive and non-concussive trauma: a prospective cohort study

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2019
Objectives To evaluate the ability of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (UCH-L1) to detect concussion in children and adult trauma patients with a normal mental status and assess biomarker concentrations over time ...
Mark R Zonfrillo, Linda Papa, Robert D Welch, Lawrence M Lewis, Carolina F Braga, Ciara N Tan, Neema J Ameli, Marco A Lopez, Crystal A Haeussler, Diego Mendez Giordano, Philip A Giordano, Jose Ramirez, Manoj K Mittal   +12 more
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