@article{ref1,
title="Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents at Salvador City, Bahia, Brazil",
journal="Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria",
year="2006",
author="Melo, Jose Roberto Tude and Santana, DL and Pereira, Julio Leonardo Barbosa and Ribeiro, Tiago Freire",
volume="64",
number="4",
pages="994-996",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To verify the frequency of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the people between 0 and 19 years of age, in accordance to gender, age and cause of trauma. METHOD: Descriptive study made through a period of a year, in all TBI victims, aged until 19 years admitted in a reference trauma center. RESULTS: The sample had a total of 390 patients; 280 (71.8%) were boys. The main age of the victims was between 10 to 19 years (adolescents) with 177 patients (45.4%). The most common cause of trauma was height falls (34.4%). According to the Glasgow Coma Scale, 89% had suffered mild TBI. CONCLUSION: The main group of victims was the adolescents; the most important cause of TBI was height fall, with masculine predominance and mild trauma.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0004-282X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}