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AAP Grand Rounds 10:61-62 (2003)
© 2003 American Academy of Pediatrics

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children

Source: Keenan HT, Runyan DK, Marshall SW, et al. A population-based study of inflicted traumatic brain injury in young children. JAMA. 2003;290:621–626.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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To ascertain the incidence of serious inflicted traumatic brain injury (TBI), the authors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, prospectively studied all children ≤2 years of age who were admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the state of North Carolina between January 2000 and December 2001 with TBI. The authors also monitored the 3 closest out-of-state PICUs during the study for admission of North Carolina residents who met study criteria. Information was obtained from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to identify children who died without admission to a PICU or prior to hospital admission.

A diagnosis of inflicted injury required evidence of TBI accompanied by a confession or a medical and child protective services determination that the injury was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Kimberly D. Aiken, MD, PhD
Child Protection Team, University of Michigan Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI