Menace of childhood non-accidental traumatic brain injuries: A single unit report.
| Autor: | Ibrahim M; Department of Surgery, Murtala Mohammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria., Mu'azu AL, Idris N, Rabiu MU, Jibir BW, Getso KI, Mohammad MA, Owolabi FL |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS [Afr J Paediatr Surg] 2015 Jan-Mar; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 23-8. |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0189-6725.150943 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) has high rate of mortality and morbidity worldwide. There are dearths of reports from developing countries with large paediatric population on trauma; neurosurgery trauma of nonaccidental origin is not an exemption. This study analysed menace of non-accidental TBI in the paediatric population from our center. Materials and Methods: This is a single unit, retrospective study of the epidemiology of non-accidental TBI in children starting from September, 2008 to March, 2014. The management outcomes of the epidemiology of the non-accidental TBI were analysed. Results: Total of 109 children age range from 0 (intra-natal) to 16 years with a mean of 5.8 ± 4.6 years (median, 5 years) were enrolled into the study. 34 (31.2%) were domestic violence, 26 (23.9%) street assaults, 16 (14.7%) were due to animal assaults and mishaps, 17 (15.6%) fall from heights. Seven (6.4%) cases of collapsed buildings were also seen during the period. Four (3.7%) industrial accidents and two (1.8%) were self-inflicted injuries. There were also three (2.8%) cases of iatrogenic TBI out of which two infants (1.8%) sustained TBI from cesarean section procedure while one patient (0.9%) under general anaesthesia felt from the operation bed resulting to severe TBI. Conclusion: Child abuse, unprotected child labour, parental/care-givers negligence are the main cause of nonaccidental TBI. Human right activists and government agents should be incorporated in curtailing the menace. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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