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Head Trauma in Children, Part 3: Clinical and Psychosocial Outcome After Head Trauma in Children
- Source :
- Journal of Child Neurology. 25:409-422
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2010.
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Abstract
- With the aim of determining long-term outcome, the authors approached 38 families (average 2.1 years after trauma) with a questionnaire, following the acute-clinical treatment of head trauma of their children. Long-term damage was restricted almost exclusively to patients presenting with a Glasgow Coma Score ≤8. Paresis (16%), cranial nerve damage (13%), incontinence (5%), or coordinative disturbances (18%) continued. The older children stated that they influenced their life to a great extent (11%). Furthermore, many had mental and cognitive problems that occur quite frequently even in children with light head trauma and often only manifest after release from hospital. This causes problems and results in inferior performance (26%), especially at school, which is further complicated through lengthy periods of absence. The parents, especially, mentioned behavioral problems such as social withdrawal or aggressive demeanor, which led to tension also inside the family. A persistent vegetative state is rare after head trauma in children.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Developmental Disabilities
medicine.medical_treatment
Poison control
Child Behavior Disorders
Comorbidity
Severity of Illness Index
Time
Head trauma
Disability Evaluation
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Activities of Daily Living
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Injury prevention
Craniocerebral Trauma
Humans
Psychology
Medicine
Glasgow Coma Scale
Child
Acquired brain injury
Retrospective Studies
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Brain
Infant
Prognosis
medicine.disease
Cranial Nerve Diseases
Brain Injuries
Child, Preschool
Chronic Disease
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physical therapy
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Cognition Disorders
business
Psychosocial
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17088283 and 08830738
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Child Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9975367339c2b4826363864c8fbf90e5