Citation

Gerlach R, Dittrich S, Schneider W, Ackermann H, Seifert V, Kieslich M. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2009; 25(3): 164-169.

Affiliation

Departments of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Institute of Biostatistics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0b013e31819a8966

PMID

19262419

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: Despite early diagnosis of traumatic epidural hematomas (EDHs) in children, mortality remained quite high in recent series. The aims of this analysis were to review the cause and outcome of pediatric EDH nowadays and to discuss outcome-related variables in a large consecutive series of surgically treated EDH in children. METHODS:: This is a retrospective case series of 39 patients (27 males, 69%) with surgically treated EDH between June 1997 and February 2007. Patients' medical records, computed tomographic scans, and, if performed, magnetic resonance imagings were reviewed to define variables associated with outcome. Variables included in the analysis were age, associated severe extracranial injury, abnormal pupillary response, hematoma thickness, severity of head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score

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