Open AccessClinical parameters, management, and outcomes of childhood traumatic brain injury in Ilorin
Author(s) -
Ayodeji Salman Yusuf,
Nurudeen Abiola Adeleke,
H.K. Omokanye,
Abdulrasheed A Nasir,
Oluwasegun A Kolade
Publication year - 2019
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/jpn.jpn_42_19
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , etiology , pediatrics , injury prevention , incidence (geometry) , pediatric trauma , occupational safety and health , poison control , crash , mortality rate , emergency medicine , surgery , psychiatry , physics , pathology , computer science , optics , programming language
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common among children, accounting for 75% of children hospitalized for trauma. Childhood TBI is a leading cause of death from trauma in the pediatric age group and the incidence is on the rise globally.