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[Subarachnoid hemorrhages in craniocerebral injuries in children]
Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko
|January 1, 1985
Insights
Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in children always indicates brain contusion. Skull fractures complicate this condition, leading to a more severe clinical course and extensive brain damage.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Pediatric Traumatology
- Neuroradiology
Context:
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in pediatric patients.
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) as a TBI indicator.
- Complication of SAH by skull fractures.
Purpose:
- To investigate the relationship between traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH) and brain injury severity in children.
- To determine the impact of concurrent skull fractures on the clinical presentation of pediatric tSAH.
- To establish tSAH as a consistent marker for brain contusion in pediatric trauma.
Summary:
- The study analyzed 82 pediatric patients (2 months to 14 years) with traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Forty patients presented with complicated tSAH, involving skull bone fractures.
- Findings indicate that tSAH invariably signifies brain contusion of varying severity.
- The presence of skull fractures correlated with a graver clinical course, suggesting more extensive brain damage.
Impact:
- Highlights the diagnostic significance of tSAH in pediatric TBI.
- Emphasizes the prognostic value of skull fractures in cases of pediatric tSAH.
- Informs clinical management and assessment of neurological injury severity in pediatric trauma patients.
Abstract:
The authors examined 82 patients, aged from 2 months to 14 years, with traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. In 40 the hemorrhage was complicated by fractures of the skull bones. It was established that subarachnoid hemorrhage in injury is always evidence of brain contusion of different severity. The clinical course is graver in fractures of the skull bones, which indicates that the damage to the brain is extensive.