TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Severe head injury among children: Prognostic factors and outcome
JO  - Injury
A1  - Bahloul, M.
A1  - Hamida, Chokri Ben
A1  - Chelly, Hedi
A1  - Chaari, Adel
A1  - Kallel, Hatem
A1  - Dammak, Hassen
A1  - Rekik, Noureddine
A1  - Bahloul, Kamel
A1  - Mahfoudh, Kheireddine Ben
A1  - Hachicha, Mongia
A1  - Bouaziz, Mounir
SP  - 535
EP  - 540
VL  - 40
IS  - 5
N2  - 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 score</=8) glucose serum and mydriasis, bilateral or haemorrhage meningeal shock of presence PRISM, ISS high admission, on PTS low that showed analysis Univariate died. (24.3%) children 54 -8.5; 14.3+ was (PRISM) Mortality Risk Paediatric mean -2.1 3.7+ (PTS) Score Trauma -6.9, 28.2+ (ISS) Severity Injury -1.5, 6+ score Scale Coma Glasgow Mean (75.7%). accident traffic road trauma cause main The years. -3.8 7.54+ age with girls, 59 (73.4%) boys 163 included study RESULTS: stay. unit care intensive during admission recorded were data radiological biological clinical, demographic, Basic Tunisia). (Sfax, hospital university a to admitted>10mmoll(-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.  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-1383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2008.04.018
ID  - ref1
ER  -