PMID: 11915475Mar 28, 2002Paper

Follow-up study of head-injured children

Annales Françaises D'anesthèsie Et De Rèanimation
A CarpentierR Krivosic-Horber

Abstract

The authors reviewed in a retrospective study 61 cases of severely head injury children who where admitted in the rehabilitation centre to evaluate the outcome 1 and 5 years after the brain injury. Neurologic and neuropsychologic status of children was assessed ad admission, 1 and 5 years later. Duration on intubation and age at time of head trauma were the worst functional prognosis.

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