1. Seizure‐ and syncope‐related head injuries in children: A prospective PREDICT cohort study.
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Eapen, Nitaa, Kochar, Amit, Lyttle, Mark D, Phillips, Natalie, Cheek, John A, Furyk, Jeremy, Neutze, Jocelyn, Bressan, Silvia, Williams, Amanda, Hearps, Stephen, Oakley, Ed, Dalziel, Stuart R, Borland, Meredith L, and Babl, Franz E
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SYNCOPE ,COGNITION disorders ,HEMATOMA ,VOMITING ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,GLASGOW Coma Scale ,SEIZURES (Medicine) ,HEADACHE ,COMPUTED tomography ,WOUNDS & injuries ,HEAD injuries ,SECONDARY analysis ,DISEASE risk factors ,DISEASE complications ,SYMPTOMS ,CHILDREN ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
The article focuses on seizures and syncope in children can lead to head injuries (HIs), fractures, soft tissue injuries and burns. Topics include the incidence and severity of HI associated with seizures and syncope are unclear because of variable settings, the syncope occurs in up to one third of children and adolescents with a broad aetiology, and the frequency and outcomes of seizure- and syncope-related HI in a large paediatric cohort.
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- 2021
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