[Forensic medical differential diagnosis of craniocerebral trauma in children].
It is emphasized that history, complaints, a comprehensive neurological examination, craniography are not often sufficient for differentiation between brain concussion and mild brain contusion in children because of specific characteristics of craniocerebral trauma (CCT) in such patients. To make an adequate forensic medical diagnosis of CCT in children, it is necessary to take into consideration anatomophysiological peculiarities of a child, biomechanical conditions of the brain injury, to apply modern methods of neurovisualization (ultrasonography, computed and MR imaging), to follow up brain function with quantitative electroencephalography. Improvement of differential forensic-medical assessment of CCT severity in childhood should be made according to the principles of evidence-based medicine.
Timchenko
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GP
Chukhlovina
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ML
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D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans