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Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

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Main Author: Mogere, Edwin
Other Authors: Figaji, Anthony
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Medicine 2015
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13970 Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town Mogere, Edwin Figaji, Anthony Paediatric Neurosurgery Includes bibliographical references. Secondary insults in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may worsen outcome; however, these are poorly characterized in children. For example, despite the known association between intracranial pressure (ICP) and poor outcome, there are few large paediatric series on the subject, definitions vary, functional outcome is often not assessed, and the best measures to assess ICP for statistical analysis are unknown. We aimed to document the frequency of secondary insults, and the association of various ICP measures, with outcome in a large cohort of paediatric patients with severe TBI. A retrospective analysis of 5-year prospectively collected data was examined for the frequency of hypoxia, hypotension, raised ICP, and low cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP). ICP parameters included initial ICP, mean ICP in the first 24 hours, mean ICP overall, peak ICP, mean ICP over 20 mmHg, and episodes of ICP over 20 mmHg. Hypotension was defined by age †and height †adjusted mean arterial pressure ranges, and hypoxia was defined as arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) less than 8kPa or pulse oximetry less than 90%. We examined for univariate and multivariate associations with mortality and the Extended Paediatric Glasgow Outcome Score. 2015-09-15T10:24:34Z 2015-09-15T10:24:34Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13970 eng application/pdf Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Paediatric Neurosurgery
Mogere, Edwin
Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
thesis_degree_str Master's
title Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
title_full Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
title_fullStr Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
title_full_unstemmed Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
title_short Impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury : a retrospective cross sectional study at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
title_sort impact of secondary insults on the outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury a retrospective cross sectional study at the red cross childrena€™s hospital cape town
topic Paediatric Neurosurgery
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13970
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