Predicting recovery from head injury in young children

Predicting recovery from head injury in young children - PubMed

It has been argued that young children's brains are "plastic," and may sustain substantial brain insult with little loss of function.

Poorer outcome at 12 months postinjury was predicted by injury severity primarily, with earlier age at injury, and premorbid ability associated with outcome in ...

Predicting recovery from head injury in young children - APA PsycNet

The aim of this study was to describe the nature of deficits exhibited by children sustaining head injury (HI) in early childhood and to identify predictors ...

Predicting Recovery After Concussion in Pediatric Patients: A Meta ...

The study had to report a PPM for pediatric patients to be used within 28 days of injury to estimate risk of delayed recovery at 28 days to 1 year postinjury.

Predicting outcome after childhood brain injury - PMC

Stanley and colleagues estimate that 6% of all initial admissions to hospital for traumatic brain injury result in discharge from the acute centre to a ...

Predicting recovery from head injury in young children

(JINS, 1997, 3, 568–580.) Keywords: Child head injury, Recovery, Outcome. INTRODUCTION. Acquired brain injury in children is one of the most ...

Early prediction of outcome following head injury in children

In 88% of the children, the trend of Glasgow Coma Scale score over the first 24 hours was useful. This included children admitted with a score of 3 or 5 and ...

Predicting Neurological Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury in ...

Predictive modeling is foundational to treatment and long-term management of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Assessment of injury severity in ...

Natural Progression of Symptom Change and Recovery From ...

Conclusions and Relevance Symptom improvement primarily occurs in the first 2 weeks after concussion in children and in the first 4 weeks after ...

Predicting cognitive recovery from closed head-injury in children ...

Those residing in homes with both parents fared better than children in one-parent families. At 6 months and 1 year postinjury, the older subjects who performed ...

Predicting Concussion Recovery in Children and Adolescents in the ...

While most children and adolescents will recover within 4 weeks of injury, approximately one third will continue to experience persisting ...

Predicting Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury | AAP Grand Rounds

Even mild TBI can be disruptive to the child's functioning and is stressful to families. This study confirms that most children experience slow, ...

Age at injury as a predictor of outcome following pediatric head injury

Children who sustained head injuries in early childhood failed to exhibit the expected acute recovery pattern and maintained a stable ...

Nine Factors for Predicting the Duration of Post-Concussion Symptoms

Despite the increase, recovery remains poorly understood. Compared to adults, who usually recover in 7 to 10 days, children may be more ...

Predicting recovery in patients with mild traumatic brain injury and a ...

Even patients with normal computed tomography (CT) head imaging may experience persistent symptoms for months to years after mild traumatic brain injury ...

Thirty month outcome from early childhood head injury

Further, 30 month outcome was predicted by multiple factors including injury severity, socio-economic status, pre-injury adaptive abilities and age, with pre- ...

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

Given the scope of the health problems deriving from head injuries of children, there is a paucity of comprehensive studies and, in particular, ...

Predicting Longitudinal Patterns of Functional Deficits in Children ...

The findings help clarify the course of recovery for individual children following TBI. Keywords: traumatic brain injury, children, functional deficits, ...

Predicting Postconcussion Syndrome After Mild Traumatic Brain ...

More than 473 000 annual emergency department (ED) visits occur for children with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in the United States, and more ...

Predictors of clinical recovery from concussion: a systematic review

The most consistent predictor of slower recovery from concussion is the severity of a person's acute and subacute symptoms.