Correlation Between Brain Imaging and Glasgow Coma Scale in Traumatic Head Injury in Pediatrics

Mohamed Labib Ahmed El Moghier

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Correlation Between Brain Imaging and Glasgow Coma Scale in Traumatic Head Injury in Pediatrics

Mohamed Labib Ahmed El Moghier

Published in International Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 8 May 2015 Accepted: 17 May 2015 Published: 28 May 2015

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Objectives: The aim of this work is to study the relationship between the initial GCS and admission brain CT findings and MRI brain findings if indicated in head trauma patients at pediatric age group. Background: Trauma is a leading cause of death in children older than 1 year, with head trauma representing 80% or more of the injuries. In approximately 5% of head trauma cases, patients die at the site of the accident. Head trauma has a high emotional, psychosocial and economic impact because these patients often have comparatively long hospital stays. Methods: This prospective study included 100 patients with head trauma at pediatric age group; the patients were evaluated with respect to their initial GCS and admission brain CT findings and correlated with clinical data. Some patients were further evaluated with MRI of brain when needed. Results: Male to female ratio was 73:27, their ages ranged from 1 day to 18 years with a mean age of 9.1 years. Of the 100 cases included in this study 21 cases were with normal CT examination and 79 were with abnormal imaging findings. 54% of the cases classified as mild TBI, 8% of the cases classified as moderate TBI and 38% of the cases classified as severe TBI. Imaging findings such as subgaleal hematoma, skull fractures, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral contusion, intracerebral hemorrhage, extra-axial blood collection and diffuse cerebral edema were observed in 79% of the patients. Conclusion: Statistical significance was observed between GCS and the imaging findings, the lower the GCS score, the more severe were the TBI and imaging findings. MRI has been shown to be superior to CT in the detection of non-hemorrhagic brain injury and cases of diffuse axonal injury.

Published in	International Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmi.20150303.14
Page(s)	63-68
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Head Trauma, CT, GCS, MRI, Pediatric

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Department of radiology, Menofyia University, Shebin Elkom, Egypt

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