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Clinical guidelines for traumatic brain injuries in children and boys
Hojjat Derakhshanfar1, Elham Pourbakhtyaran1, Samane Rahimi1
1Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Insights
This study reviews guidelines for managing pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) to improve patient outcomes. Implementing these evidence-based practices globally can enhance recovery and reduce long-term burdens.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Pediatric Medicine
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
Background:
- Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) management aims to maintain physiological stability for optimal outcomes.
- Enhancing recovery quality and minimizing secondary injuries are critical after pediatric TBI.
- Existing clinical practice guidelines require comprehensive review for pediatric TBI management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and review available clinical practice guidelines for managing pediatric TBI.
- To provide a comprehensive resource for clinicians treating TBI in children.
- To promote globally applicable guidelines for pediatric TBI care.
Main Methods:
- Comprehensive literature search of biomedical and pharmacologic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, LILACS, Cochrane, Science Direct, GIM).
- Inclusion of studies published between 2000 and 2019.
- Focus on identifying and synthesizing clinical practice guidelines relevant to pediatric TBI.
Main Results:
- A comprehensive review of clinical practice guidelines for TBI was conducted.
- The identified guidelines are applicable to pediatric populations across various age groups.
- Guidelines can be adapted worldwide, irrespective of demographic and geographic variations.
Conclusions:
- Standardized clinical practice guidelines can improve the quality of care for pediatric TBI.
- Worldwide application of these guidelines can lead to better patient outcomes.
- Health policy reforms and infrastructure development may reduce the socioeconomic impact of pediatric TBI.
Abstract:
The main aim of management of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is to hold normal ranges for optimizing the most proper outcomes. However, to provide physiologic requirements to an injured brain it is very important to enhance the quality of recovery and minimize secondary injuries. The aim of study is to identify proper guidelines to manage pediatric TBI. A comprehensive research was conducted on biomedical and pharmacologic bibliographic databases of life sciences, i.e., PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, LILACS database, global independent network of Cochrane, Science Direct and global health library of Global Index Medicus (GIM) from 2000 to 2019. Main objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive review of available clinical practice guidelines for TBI. These guidelines can be administered to a pediatric population to improve the quality of clinical practice for TBI. These guidelines could be applied worldwide, despite different traditional demographic and geographic boundaries, which could affect pediatric populations in various ranges of ages. Accordingly, advances in civil foundations and reforms of health policies may decrease pediatric TBI socioeconomic burdens.
