Abstract | OBJECT: This report summarizes the treatments and outcomes of a large series of patients with pediatric head injuries (PHIs), who were admitted to a tertiary pediatric trauma center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006. METHODS: Data were retrieved from the Department of Neurosurgery's Brain Trauma Registry ( BTR) on patients who are ≤16 years old. Data include Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and injury severity scores (ISS) on admission and Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) scores at 6 months follow-up. RESULTS: The BTR registered 554 patients with accidental and nonaccidental PHIs. Follow-up was complete in 98.2%. Aggressive first-tier management with ventricular drainage was used to lower intracranial pressure. Vasopressors were used only to correct hypotension. Second-tier therapies were used infrequently. Craniectomies (14 patients) were associated with good outcomes (GOS 4-5) in nine patients; hypothermia (six patients) and barbiturate (four patients) therapies were ineffective. All 439 patients with ISS <25 showed good outcomes. Fifteen of 16 patients with GCS >8 and ISS ≥25 had good outcomes. In 134 patients with severe PHIs (GCS ≤8), all 45 with ISS <25 and 46 with ISS ≥25 showed good outcomes. Forty-three patients with GCS ≤8 and ISS ≥25 had poor outcomes. Of these patients, 38 died; 22 died within 3 days of admission. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that poor outcomes occurred only in PHIs with severe generalized trauma. While 28.4% of patients with GSC ≤8 died, more than half of these sustained nonsurvivable injuries. Aggressive medical management with ventricular drainage was the mainstay of therapy.
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Authors | William Hanigan, Christina Giurintano, Craig Hallstrom, Frances Spinosa, Domenic Esposito, Andrew Parent, Warren May |
Journal | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
(Childs Nerv Syst)
Vol. 27
Issue 4
Pg. 583-90
(Apr 2011)
ISSN: 1433-0350 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 20972683
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Craniocerebral Trauma
(mortality, therapy)
- Female
- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Glasgow Outcome Scale
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Mississippi
(epidemiology)
- Registries
- Treatment Outcome
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