@article{ref1,
title="Paediatric traumatic brain injury: presentation, prognostic indicators and outcome analysis from a tertiary care center in a developing country",
journal="JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association",
year="2016",
author="Ujjan, Badar and Waqas, Muhammad and Khan, Muhammad Babar and Bakhshi, Saqib Kamran and Bari, Muhammad Ehsan",
volume="66",
number="Suppl 3",
pages="S65-S67",
abstract="Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. This study was conducted to report the presentation, management, outcomes and prognostic indicators in a large series of patients from a tertiary care centre in a developing country. It is a review of prospectively collected data of paediatric patients with TBI admitted at our centre between July 2010 and December 2013. A total of 291 patients with a mean age of 7.2±5.0 years were dichotomised into survivors and non-survivors, and variables were compared between the two groups. The mean post-resuscitation Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score was 11.6±3.9, mean Marshall Score was 2.26±0.95 and the mean revised trauma score at presentation was 10.58±1.7. Younger age, lower GCS score after resuscitation, lower revised trauma score, absent cisterns on imaging, associated subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) and a lower Marshall score were associated with higher mortality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0030-9982",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}