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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título : | Do children with Glasgow 13/14 could be identified as mild traumatic brain injury? |
Otros títulos : | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
Autor : | Melo, José Roberto Tude Lemos Júnior, Laudenor Pereira Reis, Rodolfo Casimiro Araújo, Alex O. Menezes, Carlos W. Santos, Gustavo P. Barreto, Bruna B. Menezes, Thomaz Oliveira Filho, Jamary |
metadata.dc.creator: | Melo, José Roberto Tude Lemos Júnior, Laudenor Pereira Reis, Rodolfo Casimiro Araújo, Alex O. Menezes, Carlos W. Santos, Gustavo P. Barreto, Bruna B. Menezes, Thomaz Oliveira Filho, Jamary |
Resumen : | Objective: To identify in mild head injured children the major differences between those with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 and GCS 13/14. Method: Cross-sectional study accomplished through information derived from medical records of mild head injured children presented in the emergency room of a Pediatric Trauma Centre level I, between May 2007 and May 2008. Results: 1888 patients were included. The mean age was 7.6±5.4 years; 93.7% had GCS 15; among children with GCS 13/14, 46.2% (p<0.001) suffered multiple traumas and 52.1% (p<0.001) had abnormal cranial computed tomography (CCT) scan. In those with GCS 13/14, neurosurgery was performed in 6.7% and 9.2% (p=0.001) had neurological disabilities. Conclusion: Those with GCS 13/14 had frequently association with multiple traumas, abnormalities in CCT scan, require of neurosurgical procedure and Intensive Care Unit admission. We must be cautious in classified children with GCS 13/14 as mild head trauma victims. |
Palabras clave : | adolescents brain injuries child head trauma Glasgow Coma Scale prognosis |
URI : | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/4782 |
Fecha de publicación : | 2010 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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