2008, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp 403 – 414

Neurotrauma pediatric scales

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Correspondence to: A.V. Ciurea M.D, Ph.D, Berceni Street no. 10-12, Sector 4, Bucharest, Tel/fax: 021-3343025/021-3347350, e-mail: rsn@bagdasar-arseni.ro

Abstract

Cranial traumas have different particularities in infants, toddlers, preschool child, school child and teenagers. The assessment of these cases must be individualized according to age. It is completely different in children that in adults. Trauma scales, very useful in grading the severity and predicting outcome in traumatic brain injury, used in adults must be adapted in children. Children have age-related specificity and anatomic particularities, for each of this period of development. Neurotrauma scales, specific for infants and children, such as Pediatric Coma Scale, Children’s Coma Score, Trauma Infant Neurological Score, Glasgow Coma Scale, Liege Scale are reviewed, as well as neurotrauma outcome scales, like Glasgow Outcome Scale, modified Rankin score, KOSCHI score and Barthel Index. The authors present these scales in an exhaustive manner for thoroughgoing pediatric neurotrauma standards.

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PMC ID: 5654209
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Article Publishing Date (print): 15-11-2008
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

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