Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Head trauma is one of the most challenging fields of traumatology and demands immediate attention and intervention by first‐line clinicians. There are a limited number of research articles studying the management of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in children. To know about approaches and outcome in paediatric head injury patients. This was Prospective study conducted on total 56 paediatric patients admitted to Trauma ward at Govt. TD medical college and hospital Alappuzha, tertiary care centre in Kerala, with head injuries after Ethical committee clearance and following inclusion and exclusion criteria, for the duration of one years. There were more male paediatric patients, from age group 1‐5 years followed by more that > 6 years. Majority of the patients were injured due to fall followed by road traffic accidents and only one patient was injured due to the assault. 94.3 % of the study population were managed medically, while only 3 patients were managed surgically, of these 2 had age group more than 6 years while one patient from 1‐5 years of age. around 92.9% of the study population observed with good recovery. Early identification and stabilization of children with severe traumatic brain injury, is crucial for initial and effective management of focal injuries in order to prevent conditions from surgical interventions worse outcome.
How to cite this article:
Praffula V. Mahakalkar, Biju Bhadran, K. M. Girish, G. Harison, Jayanth Gopal and Archana L. Thakur. Mode of Management and Outcome in Paediatric Head Injury Patients.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.1.28.31
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2024.1.28.31