LIANG PING, ZHAI XUAN, ZHOU YU-DONG, et al. Clinical features of traumatic epidural hematomas in infants. [J]. Journal of army medical university, 2009, 31(17): 1696-1697.
LIANG PING, ZHAI XUAN, ZHOU YU-DONG, et al. Clinical features of traumatic epidural hematomas in infants. [J]. Journal of army medical university, 2009, 31(17): 1696-1697.DOI:
Objective To investigate the clinical features of traumatic epidural hematomas (EDH) in infants. Methods The clinical features of 73 infants with traumatic EDH were retrospectively analyzed. The trauma infant neurologic scoring (TINS) was used to evaluate the degree of injury. Results The most common clinical presentations were scalp hematoma
vomiting
disturbance of consciousness and convulsion. Most of the injuries resulted from falling. Among the 73 cases
28 cases were treated by operation and 45 cases have non-operation treatment. In all patients
69 cases were recovered
extremity motor dysfunction was in 3 cases and abandoning treatment in 1 case. Conclusion The pathogenesis
clinical presentation
diagnosis and treatment of traumatic EDH in infants are different from older children and adults. Aggressive treatments can come out good prognosis in infants with traumatic EDH.