Acute Outcomes of Isolated Pneumocephali in Children After Minor Blunt Head Trauma.

Autor:	Blanchard A, Cabrera KI; Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY., Kuppermann N; Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA., Dayan PS; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Pediatric emergency care [Pediatr Emerg Care] 2018 Sep; Vol. 34 (9), pp. 656-660.
DOI:	10.1097/PEC.0000000000000913
Abstrakt:	Objectives: We aimed to determine the prevalence of and adverse outcomes caused by pneumocephali in children with minor blunt head trauma who had no other intracranial injuries (ie, isolated pneumocephali). Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of a public use dataset from a multicenter prospective study of pediatric minor head trauma. We included children younger than 18 years with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 14 or 15 and non-trivial mechanisms of injury who had cranial computed tomographies obtained. Patients with isolated pneumocephali were those without other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) but could have non-depressed or basilar skull fractures (BSFs). We defined adverse outcomes as death, need for neurosurgery, or intubation more than 24 hours for TBI. Results: Pneumocephali occurred in 148 (1.0%; 95% confidence interval, 0.8%-1.2%) of 14,983 patients; 54 (36.5%) of 148 were isolated. Of these 54 patients, 42 (77.8%) had associated BSFs (7 of whom also had linear skull fractures) and 8 (14.8%) had associated linear skull fractures without BSFs; 4 patients (7.4%) had no fractures. Thirty-three patients (61.1%) had both GCS scores of 15 and no other signs of altered mental status. All patients with isolated pneumocephali and available descriptive data (n = 26) had small-sized pneumocephali. There were no deaths, neurosurgical interventions, or intubations for more than 24 hours for TBI (95% confidence interval for any of the outcomes, 0%-7.9%) in the 54 patients with isolated pneumocephali. Conclusions: Children with isolated pneumocephali and GCS scores of 14 or 15 after minor blunt head trauma are unlikely to have adverse clinical outcomes.
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