title: [Minor head trauma - trivial matter or sirious diagnostic and therapeutic problem? The role of Infrascanner in the diagnostic process].
abstract: Head injuries in children, especially minor head injuries, still constitute a important diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Despite progress in medical sciences, there is no definition of minor head injury or standards of the management of children with a minor head injury. In consequence, the diagnostic procedure in the child who does not show any signs of central nervous system damage as a result of head injury is individual and depends on the experience and knowledge of the aid provider and as well as procedures established in a given ward. Therefore, a problem which requires to be urgently solved is to determine the justification and indications for imaging investigations (justification for skull X-ray, performance indications for carrying out computed tomography of the head) as well as indications for inpatient observation in such cases. The study presents currently existing definitions and proposals for the management of children presenting with a minor head injury. On the basis of own investigation we would stress that there is an opportunity to use in the initial diagnostics of head injuries in children, a modern non-invasive method already available in Poland, utilising the near-infrared NIR technology in order to detect intracranial haemorrhages by means of the Infrascanner.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Kardiologii i Reumatologii Dziecięcej II Katedra Pediatrii, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi, Ośrodek Pediatryczny im. M. Konopnickiej, ul. Sporna 36/50, 91- 738 Łodź tel. (+48 42) 617-77-00, (42) 617-77-03 e-mail: dinky1@wp.pl.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewartowska-Nyga
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kliniczny Medycyny Ratunkowej dla Dzieci UM w Łodzi, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi, Ośrodek Pediatryczny im. M. Konopnickiej, Polska.
authors.forename: Grażyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skotnicka-Klonowicz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Infrascanner; children; computed tomography; diagnostics; head injuries