skull radiographs and computed tomography scans in children and adolescents with mild head trauma radiografia simples e tomografia computadorizada do crânio em crianças e adolescentes vítimas de traumatismo craniano leve

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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify which pediatric patients with mild head trauma are candidates for skull radiographs or cranial computed tomography (CCT) scans. METHOD: Patients with mild head trauma aged from 0 to 19 years presenting to the Emergency Department of a trauma centre from Salvador City, Brazil, between May 2007 and May 2008. RESULTS: A total of 1888 mild head trauma patients were admitted; mean age was 7.4 (±5.5) years. A total of 1956 skull radiographs and 734 CCT scans were performed. About 44.4% patients with Glasgow coma score (GCS) 13 and 55.4% with GCS 14 had abnormal CCT scans. In patients with multiple traumas, 16% had abnormal findings on CCT scans. CONCLUSION: We strongly recommend routine CCT studies to patients with GCS of 13 and 14 or to multiple trauma victims, independently of score. Routine screening skull radiographs were not useful in the evaluation of mild head trauma patients in this study.
OBJETIVO: Identificar quais os pacientes na faixa pediátrica com trauma craniencefálico leve são candidatos para a realização de radiografia simples ou tomografia computadorizada do crânio (TCC). MÉTODO: Pacientes com trauma craniano leve, entre 0 e 19 anos, admitidos em um centro de referência em traumatologia, na cidade do Salvador, Brasil, entre maio 2007 e maio 2008. RESULTADOS: Foram atendidos 1888 pacientes com trauma craniano leve, com idade média de 7,4 (±5,5) anos. Um total de 1956 radiografias simples e 734 TCC foram realizadas. Em 44,4% dos pacientes com escala de coma de Glasgow (GCS) 13 e 55.4% com GCS 14, tiveram TCC com achados anormais. Em pacientes com múltiplos traumas, 16% possuíam alterações na TCC. CONCLUSÃO: Recomendamos TCC em pacientes com GCS 13 e 14 ou naqueles com traumas múltiplos, independente do GCS. Radiografias simples do crânio como rotina, não foram identificadas como úteis, no presente estudo.
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Authors José Roberto Tude Melo, Rodolfo Casimiro Reis, Laudenor Pereira Lemos-Júnior, Assuero Azevedo-Neto, Dalton Willy Santos Oliveira, Felipe René F. Cruz Garcia, Joelson Oliveira Ribeiro, Muryllo de Brito Santos-Neto, Jamary Oliveira-Filho
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Journal communications in computer and information science
Year 2008
DOI
10.1590/S0004-282X2008000500019
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000500019
Keywords
child tomography criança radiography neuropsychiatry biological psychiatry

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