Paediatric head injury: a clinico-epidemiological review
Keywords:
Head injury, Children, Neurosurgery
Abstract
The incidence of paediatric head injury is growing larger day by day due to various reasons in this era of mechanisation. We tried to evaluate the various aspects of head injury in children like incidence, severity, its clinical and radiological correlation, fatality and outcome etc. in our Institute IPGME&R, Kolkata. One third of total head injured patients were in paediatric age group in our study and it was evident that early evaluation of the injured child with CT scan and referral to neurosurgical centre can save many lives.
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3. Bass NH, Lundberg P: Cerebral Edema: the effect of Dexamethasone during brain maturation in the rat. Arch Neurol 1973, 29:151-157
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5. Rao BD, Subhramanian MV, Reddy MVR et al. Mortality in acute injury. Neurol India,1967,15:1
6. Sambasivan M: Epidemiology of neurotrauma. Nerol India.1993, 41(supple):3
7. Karanjit Singh, Mahapatra AK. Paediatric head injury: a presentation from AIIMS, New Delhi. Neurotrauma Con.
8. Kraus JF, Fife D, Cox P et al: Incidence, severity and external causes of Paediatric brain injury. Am J. Dis. Child. 1986,140: 687-693
9. Goldstein FC, Levin HS. Epidemiology of Paediatric closed head injurues: incidence, clinical characteristics and risk factors. J.Learn.Disable. 1987,20: 518-525
10. Levin HS, Aldrich EF et al. Severe head injury in children: Experience of TCDB. Neurosurgery,1992, 31:435- 444
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12. Duhaime AC, Alario AJ et al. Head injury in very young children: mechanism, injury types and ophthalmological findings in 100 patients younger than two years of age. Paediatrics,1992;90(2):179-185
13. Johannes Schulman, Sylvester V.Bismarck.Multiple trauma in Paediatric patients. Paediatric Surgery International. Aug 2003, Vol 19, No.6:417-423
14. A.Gupta, S.Chopra et al. Prognostic factor in Paediatric craniocerebral trauma. A study from Sir Gangaram Hospital New Delhi. Neurotrauma Con.
15. Samuel R Reid,et al. Case fatality in Paediatric head injury in metropolitan and non metropolitan areas. Arch. Of Paediatric and adolescent medicines. Jul 2001,Vol 155, No.7:784-789
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17. Ates O, Ondul S, et al. Post traumatic early epilepsy in Paediatric age group with emphasis on influential factors. Childs Nervous system, May 2005.
18. Holsti M, Kadish HA et al. Paediatric closed head injury treated in an observation unit. Ped. Emer.Care, 2005. Oct, 21(10): 639-44.
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21. Miller JD, Jennett B: Depressed skull fractures. Lancet, 1968, 2;991
22. Jennet B: Epilepsy after non missile head injuries. Year book, 1975
23. Tandon PN: Post traumatic epilepsy in; proceedings of the National Seminar on Epilepsy. (Eds). Mani KS, walker AE, Tandon PN. National Academy of Medical Sciences, 1975.p99-103.
Published
2019-09-25
How to Cite
Dr. Sudipta Chatterjee, Pal S, Chatterjee S, Chakrabarty KS, Chatterjee C, Ghosh S. (2019). Paediatric head injury: a clinico-epidemiological review. The Indian Practitioner, 67(5), 285-290. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/825
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