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HEAD INJURIES IN CHILDHOOD
Author(s) -
Hooper Reginald
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1962.tb06312.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , subarachnoid haemorrhage , head trauma , lumbar puncture , head injury , epilepsy , lumbar , surgery , pediatrics , pathology , cerebrospinal fluid , psychiatry , aneurysm
Summary Aetiological and structural factors which result in some specific peculiarities as a result of head injuries in children are discussed. The importance of local changes at the point of impact is stressed. Difficulties in diagnosis and management of simple and compound depressed fractures are described. Severe focal brain injury may result in considerable neurological defect and in the later development of epilepsy. Extradural haemorrhages are similar in the clinical characteristics to those observed in adults, but the picture obtained in subdural haemorrhage is different. Subarachnoid haemorrhage may produce a confusing picture which can only be resolved by lumbar puncture.