@article{ref1,
title="Do children with Glasgow 13/14 could be identified as mild traumatic brain injury?",
journal="Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria",
year="2010",
author="Melo, Jose Roberto Tude and Lemos-Júnior, Laudenor Pereira and Reis, Rodolfo Casimiro and Araújo, Alex O. and Menezes, Carlos W. and Santos, Gustavo P. and Barreto, Bruna B. and Menezes, Thomaz and Oliveira-Filho, Jamary",
volume="68",
number="3",
pages="381-384",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify in mild head injured children the major differences between those with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 and GCS 13/14. METHOD: Cross-sectional study accomplished through information derived from medical records of mild head injured children presented in the emergency room of a Pediatric Trauma Centre level I, between May 2007 and May 2008. RESULTS: 1888 patients were included. The mean age was 7.6 + or - 5.4 years; 93.7% had GCS 15; among children with GCS 13/14, 46.2% (p<0.001) suffered multiple traumas and 52.1% (p<0.001) had abnormal cranial computed tomography (CCT) scan. In those with GCS 13/14, neurosurgery was performed in 6.7% and 9.2% (p=0.001) had neurological disabilities. CONCLUSION: Those with GCS 13/14 had frequently association with multiple traumas, abnormalities in CCT scan, require of neurosurgical procedure and Intensive Care Unit admission. We must be cautious in classified children with GCS 13/14 as mild head trauma victims.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-282X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}