Open AccessSpectrum and outcome of traumatic brain injury in children <15 years: A tertiary level experience in India
Author(s) -
Mani Charan Satapathy,
Dharitri Dash,
Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra,
Soubhagya Ranjan Tripathy,
Pratap Chandra Nath,
Somnath Prasad Jena
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.177359
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , epidemiology , neurosurgery , skull fracture , injury prevention , retrospective cohort study , trauma center , poison control , head injury , medical record , surgery , emergency medicine , psychiatry , physics , optics
Though, traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been documented as the single most common cause of morbidity and mortality in infancy and childhood, the exact incidence is unavailable in India. Moreover, modes of injury, mechanisms of damage, and management differ significantly from that of an adult.