Risk of infection and sepsis in pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury admitted to hospital following major trauma - Pandya A, Chaput KH, Schertzer A, Moser D, Guilfoyle J, MacGillivray S, Blackwood J, Joffe AR, Thompson GC.

Head injury accounts for 29% of all traumatic deaths in children. Sepsis is significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality in adult traumatic brain injury patients. In the pediatric population, this relationship is not well understood. The ob...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news