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Do children with Glasgow 13/14 could be identified as mild traumatic brain injury?
Melo,José Roberto Tude; Lemos-Júnior,Laudenor Pereira; Reis,Rodolfo Casimiro; Araújo,Alex O; Menezes,Carlos W; Santos,Gustavo P; Barreto,Bruna BOBJECTIVE: To identify in mild head injured children the major differences between those with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 and GCS 13/14. METHOD: Cross-sectional study accomplished through information derived from medical records of mild head injured children presented in the emergency room of a Pediatric Trauma Centre level I, between May 2007 and May 2008. RESULTS: 1888 patients were included. The mean age w...
Hyperglycemia in pediatric head trauma patients: a cross-sectional study
Melo,José Roberto Tude; Reis,Rodolfo Casimiro; Lemos-Júnior,Laudenor Pereira; Coelho,Henrique Miguel Santos; Almeida,Carlos Eduardo Romeu deOBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of acute hyperglycemia in children with head trauma stratified by the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). METHOD: A prospective cross-sectional study carried out with information from medical records of pediatric patients presenting with head injury in the emergency room of a referral emergency hospital during a one year period. We considered the cut-off value of 150 mg/dL to define hy...
Skull radiographs and computed tomography scans in children and adolescents wit...
Melo,José Roberto Tude; Reis,Rodolfo Casimiro; Lemos-Júnior,Laudenor Pereira; Azevedo-Neto,Assuero; Oliveira,Dalton Willy SantosOBJECTIVE: To identify which pediatric patients with mild head trauma are candidates for skull radiographs or cranial computed tomography (CCT) scans. METHOD: Patients with mild head trauma aged from 0 to 19 years presenting to the Emergency Department of a trauma centre from Salvador City, Brazil, between May 2007 and May 2008. RESULTS: A total of 1888 mild head trauma patients were admitted; mean age was 7.4 ...