title: Paediatric head injuries.
abstract: A series of 100 patients 19 years of age or younger is presented. Age, mechanism of injury, Glasgow coma score (GCS), diagnosis, outcome, and other factors are analysed. Ninety-four per cent of the patients had ICP monitoring, 68% had a good or moderately disabled outcome; that is, they were functioning. There was a 24% mortality. There was a 25% incidence of mass lesion and these patients did worse. The major cause of death was neurologic injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0001.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alberico
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014768:Virginia