TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Head injuries in children resulting from the fall of television JO - Indian journal of pediatrics A1 - Suresh, N. A1 - Harini, G. A1 - Radhika, R. A1 - Chidambaram, B. SP - 459 EP - 460 VL - 77 IS - 4 N2 -
Case records of children admitted with head injury due to TV fall in a pediatric tertiary care hospital in Chennai, during March 2007-February 2008 were analysed retrospectively. Out of the 11 children admitted 6 (54%) were in 1-2 yr age group. Bleeding from the ear, nose and throat was the commonest, finding followed by a skull fracture, seen on imaging studies. These were observed in 9 (81.81%) and 8(72.8%) children respectively. There was no mortality.
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LA - en SN - 0019-5456 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-0013-5 ID - ref1 ER -