TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Inflicted traumatic brain injury: relationship of developmental outcome to severity of injury
JO  - Pediatric neurosurgery
A1  - Ewing-Cobbs, Linda
A1  - Prasad, Mary R.
A1  - Kramer, Larry
A1  - Landry, Susan H.
SP  - 251
EP  - 258
VL  - 31
IS  - 5
N2  - Inflicted traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent consequence of physical child abuse in infants and children. Twenty-eight children who were 2-42 months of age when hospitalized for moderate to severe TBI were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal study of neurobehavioral outcome following acquired brain injury. Relative to a comparison group, the children with inflicted TBI had significant deficits in cognitive, motor and behavioral domains when assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II 1 and 3 months after the injury. Nearly half of the injured children showed persisting deficits in attention/arousal, emotional regulation and motor coordination. Greater injury severity, as indicated by lower coma scale scores, longer periods of unconsciousness and the presence of edema/cerebral infarctions was associated with poorer outcomes in all domains.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1016-2291
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -