Citation

Bahloul M, Hamida CB, Chelly H, Chaari A, Kallel H, Dammak H, Rekik N, Bahloul K, Mahfoudh KB, Hachicha M, Bouaziz M. Injury 2009; 40(5): 535-540.

Affiliation

Department of Intensive Care, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2008.04.018

PMID

18703191

Abstract

AIM: To determine predictive factors of mortality among children after traumatic brain injury. METHODS: A retrospective study over 8 years of 222 children with severe head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score10mmoll(-1) were associated with mortality rate. Multivariate analysis showed that factors associated with a poor prognosis were PRISM>20 and bilateral mydriasis on admission. CONCLUSIONS: In Tunisia, head injury is a frequent cause of hospital admission and is most often due to road traffic accidents. Short-term prognosis is poor, with a high mortality rate (24.3%), and is influenced by demographic, clinical, radiological and biological factors.

Language: en