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Chapter-032 Paediatric Head Injuries

BOOK TITLE: Ramamurthi and Tandon’s Textbook of Neurosurgery (3 Volumes)

Author
1. Balasubramaniam Chidambaram
2. B Ramachandran
ISBN
9789350250723
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10307_32
Edition
3/e
Publishing Year
2012
Pages
23
Author Affiliations
1. Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2. Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

This chapter has well written text and 9 well illustrated diagrams and pictures showing paediatric head injury. Incidence, pathogenesis of head injury in different age groups in children along with clinical presentation are given in detail. Investigations in a case of head injury in a child are described with the help of diagrams and radiographic pictures. Management, prognosis and post operative complications of head injury in children are described at the end of the chapter. Guide lines for intubation in children with head injury, Glasgow coma scale, location of intracranial hematoma in neonates, infants, toddlers and adolescent are highlighted in tables. 103 references are given for further reading to conclude this chapter.

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