Head trauma leading to brain injury is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Injury severity is related to the mechanism of trauma, which itself varies with age. The vast majority of head trauma in paediatric patients is mild, requires no specific therapy and leaves no sequelae. However, it is important to identify individuals at risk of significant injury, and thus in nee...

INTRODUCTION In The Netherlands there is no consensus about criteria for cancelling helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) dispatches. This study assessed the ability of the primary HEMS dispatch criteria to identify major trauma patients. The predictive power of other early prehospital parameters was evaluated to design a safe triage model for HEMS dispatch cancellations. METHODS All t...

This study aimed to identify predictors, especially cognitive of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and disorder (PTSD) in children 6 months after Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) admission. Participants were 55 aged 6–16, admitted PICU for at least 8 h. Medical data collected from patient charts. Cognitive variables (peri-trauma affect, processing trauma memory) assessed by interview se...

Purpose: There are many studies on the practicality of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a prognostic predictor in patients with multiple severe traumas. However, few focus IL-6 chest trauma. So, this study investigated whether is effective factor blunt trauma.Methods: A total 44 trauma who visited regional center from July to December 2021 were included retrospective study. Blood levels measured immedia...

Trauma is the sixth most common cause of death globally [WHO, 2011]. In the United States, almost 30 million patients receive medical care for trauma every year [CDC, 2011], and trauma results in 30% of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the United States [Mackenzie et al., 2007]. In the Emergency Department, 91% of trauma patients are in pain [Berben et al., 2008], and two-thirds of those...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart analysis of pediatric trauma patients with suspected cervical spine injury was performed. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and cost-efficiency of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol for cervical spine clearance in pediatric trauma patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The evaluation of cervical spine injury in the pediatri...

Methods.All trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) during a 13-month period were prospectively studied. Platelet counts were performed daily. We recorded the patient’s age, sex, nature of trauma, severity of illness scores, episodes of infections in the ICU, acute lung injury, bleeding, and thromboembolic events. Patients with thrombocytosis were also followed during their ho...

Liver trauma is a recognised rare complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and may be difficult to detect. We report a case of intraperitoneal haemorrhage due to liver injury following CPR in a 50-year-old man admitted to the intensive care unit. The haemorrhage was diagnosed with focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST). FAST can rapidly and easily diagnose liver injury....

Dear Sir, Although firearm injuries are rare among penetrating traumas in children, they are very important in terms of their complications. Many thoracic complications may arise during spinal trauma caused by gunshot wounds.[1] Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is one of the serious complications of gunshot wounds.[1] Here, we present a 10‐year‐old girl admitted to our Pediatric Intensive Care Un...

Methods Retrospective review of all cases (less than 12 years) referred to the pediatric surgery unit of a teaching hospital over a period of 26 months (October 2011 to November 2013). Burns, isolated head injuries, ophthalmic injuries, and orthopedic injuries were excluded. The following parameters were assessed: age group, sex, mode of trauma, type of injury, place where the trauma occurred, ...