Predicting recovery from head injury in young children

Predicting Recovery in - Journal of Neurosurgery

The authors are to be congratulated on their effort and scrutiny in investigating the predictive value of basic clinical findings after head injury. The authors ...

The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children - CDC

For example, children who receive inpatient rehabilitation at pediatric hospitals typically have more efficient functional improvement than children receiving ...

Post-concussion recovery in children and adolescents - Sage Journals

More recently, in a sample of children aged 2 to 12 who had suffered concussions of diverse mechanisms, older age at injury predicted ...

Minor blunt head trauma in infants and young children (<2 years)

Short-term follow-up (four weeks post-injury) indicates that the risk of morbidity or mortality in young children with TBI is very low. However, ...

Blood Tests in Newly Brain-Injured Patients Predict Death, Severe ...

They found that in patients with severe and moderate TBI, the accuracy of predicting death and severe disability increased to 94% and 89%, ...

Identifying which children are most at risk of post-concussion ...

This work is needed to reliably predict post-concussion syndrome and other long-term effects of concussion. We are using our findings to analyse large datasets ...

Development of a Decision Tree Analysis model that predicts ...

Results: A prediction model was developed using Decision Tree Analysis. The most significant predictor of recovery at 1 month after brain injury ...

Emergency Department Assessment and Management of Pediatric ...

The CATCH Rule predicts clinically significant head injuries in children. The PECARN pediatric head injury prediction rule is a well ...

Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention ...

Around 50% of adult patients with mild TBI presenting to hospital do not recover to pre-TBI levels of health by 6 months after their injury. Fewer than 10% of ...

Head Injuries in Children: A Model for Predicting Course of ... - OUCI

Black, P., Blumer, D., Wellner, A.M. & Walker, A.E. The head-injured child: Time-course of recovery, with implications for rehabilitation. Sec.

Prognosis prediction in traumatic brain injury patients using machine ...

Also, we found that the RF algorithm is the best model to predict the short-term mortality of TBI patients. However, the generalized linear ...

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury - ASHA

Some young children with TBI may demonstrate relatively typical developmental progression after the initial stages of recovery. Others continue to have long- ...

View of Factors Influencing Pediatric Recovery from Traumatic Brain ...

The median recovery time severe of moderate initial injury (GCS of 3-12 median recovery of 34 days (p = 0.00244)) and mild initial injury (GCS 13-15 median ...

Classification and Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury

Another system for assessing TBI severity is the Simplified Motor Score (SMS). The SMS is a 3-point scale developed to address the perceived ...

Development and internal validation of a nomogram for predicting ...

A subdural hematoma (SDH) following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children can lead to unexpected death or disability. The nomogram is a ...

Current Concepts in Concussion: Initial Evaluation and Management

Mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion, accounts for 80% to 90% of traumatic brain injuries and is recognized as a major national ...

CHALICE (Children's Head injury ALgorithm for the prediction of ...

The CHALICE (Children's Head injury ALgorithm for the prediction of Important Clinical Events) Rule predicts death, need for neurosurgical intervention or ...

Prediction of Long-Term Intellectual and Neuropsychological Effects ...

The ability to predict long-term intellectual and neuropsychological outcome (1-7 years post-injury) in children (ages 1 week - 14 years at injury) with a ...

A blood test may help predict recovery from traumatic brain injury

Levels of NfL peak on average at 10 times the typical level 20 days after injury and stay above normal a year later, researchers report ...

Clinical Practice Guidelines : Head injury

Initial assessment of severity · Determines those that can be discharged promptly, versus those that need a period of observation or those requiring active ...