TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Paediatric traumatic brain injury: presentation, prognostic indicators and outcome analysis from a tertiary care center in a developing country
JO  - JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
A1  - Ujjan, Badar
A1  - Waqas, Muhammad
A1  - Khan, Muhammad Babar
A1  - Bakhshi, Saqib Kamran
A1  - Bari, Muhammad Ehsan
SP  - S65
EP  - S67
VL  - 66
IS  - Suppl 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-9982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -