Citation

Tepas JJ, Leaphart CL, Pieper P, Beaulieu CL, Spierre LR, Tuten JD, Celso BG. J. Pediatr. Surg. 2009; 44(2): 368-372.

Affiliation

University of Florida College of Medicine/Surgery, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA. jjt@jax.ufl.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.089

PMID

19231536

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Expeditious care within minutes of severe injury improves outcome and is the driving force for development of trauma care systems. Transition from hospital care to rehabilitation is an important step in recovery after trauma-related injury. We hypothesize that delay in the transition from acute care to rehabilitation adversely affects outcome and diminishes recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS: After institutional review board approval, the trauma registry of our regional level I pediatric trauma center was queried for all children with severe blunt TBI (initial Glasgow Coma Scale score

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