title: Acute head injuries in children--a review of 100 consecutive patients.
abstract: Head injuries of children between 4-16 years in the first hour after the trauma have been studied. The neurological examination was completed by CT-scan. Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) as well as Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) were also applied and proved to be very helpful. Our findings show a significantly frequent occurrence of epidural haematomas. Their treatment in patients with GCS above 8 was in 90% successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery Medical Academy of Lódź.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kotwica
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tybor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brzeziński
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed