Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: a 5-year descriptive study from the National Trauma Center in Qatar

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: a 5-year descriptive study from the National Trauma Center in Qatar

Abstract Background The epidemiologic characteristics and outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) have not been adequately documented from the rapidly developing countries in the Arab Middle East. We aimed to describe the hospital-based epidemiologic characteristics, injury mechanisms, c...

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Main Authors: Ayman El-Menyar, Rafael Consunji, Hassan Al-Thani, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Gaby Jabbour, Khalid A. Alyafei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Subjects:
Trauma
Head injury
Pediatric
Brain injury
Road traffic
Falls
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-017-0159-9

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