Open AccessOutcome of patients with traumatic head injury in infants: An institutional experience at level 1 trauma center
Author(s) -
Gaurang Vaghani,
Pankaj Kumar Singh,
Deepak Gupta,
Deepak Agrawal,
Sumit Sinha,
Gurudutt Satyarthee,
Bharati Sharma,
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.117836
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , head injury , trauma center , pediatrics , glasgow outcome scale , injury severity score , glasgow coma scale , head trauma , abbreviated injury scale , injury prevention , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , poison control , surgery , emergency medicine , psychiatry
Traumatic head injury is a common cause of mortality and acquired disability in infants and children. However, patterns and outcome of head injury in infants are different from other age groups.