TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Traumatic brain injury in children attending a national hospital in Lima, Peru 2004-2011
JO  - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
A1  - Guillén-Pinto, Daniel
A1  - Zea-Vera, Alonso
A1  - Guillén-Mendoza, Daniel
A1  - Situ-Kcomt, Miguel
A1  - Reynoso-Osnayo, Carolina
A1  - Milla-Vera, Luis M.
A1  - Bravo-Padilla, Erika
A1  - Espinoza, Iván O.
A1  - Medina-Alva, María Del Pilar
SP  - 630
EP  - 634
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
N2  - In order to describe the characteristics of traumatic brain injury (TEC) in children seen at the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital from 2004 to 2011, a case study was conducted. 316, 14 year-old minors were included, the median age was 4 ± 3 years old. 63.9% were male. The main causes of TEC were falls (80.1%) and car accidents (10.4%). 42.4% (134/316) occurred in the afternoon. There was a higher incidence of falls at home (59.2%). The epidural hematoma (26.9%) was the most common intracraneal injury. Intensive care management and neurosurgical interventions were required in 15.8 and 14.2% of cases respectively. It is concluded that domestic falls were the main cause of accidents for TEC and epidural hematoma the most common intracranial injury where children under 5 were the most affected.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1726-4634
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -