Pediatric mild traumatic head injury: risk factors for long term effects
- Conditions
- eurologisch/traumatisch hersenletselmild traumatisch head injuryhead injury
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON46361
- Lead Sponsor
- Spaarne Gasthuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 263
This is a follow up study from a cohort included between April 2015 and December 2016. All pediatric patients (aged 0-18 years) admitted to the emergency department with a mild traumatic head injury were eligible for inclusion. MTHI was defined as trauma to the head, except for superficial trauma of the face. By definition the trauma was caused by acceleration-deceleration trauma to the head. To diagnose MTHI the following criteria were applied, 1) Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13-15 at first examination at the emergency department, 2) maximum duration of post traumatic loss of consciousness of 30 minutes, 3) maximum duration of post traumatic amnesia of 24 hours.
A the time of follow up patients should be aged 6-18 years. During the initial inclusion at the emergency department their parents should have consented that we could approach them later for possible follow up studies.
Children aged less than six years or 18 years and older.
Severe developmental delay.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>This study targets long term effects (neurocognitive, behavioral and learning<br /><br>problems) in children with MTHI. Disabilities in more or more of these domains<br /><br>are the primary outcome which will be used to identify specific risk groups. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Neurocognitive profile (disabilities in neurocognitive processes)<br /><br>- Behavioral profile (reported by parents, teachers and the child itself)<br /><br>- Learning problems (school results)</p><br>