Pediatric patients had a mean age of about 12 years; adults had a mean age of about 39. In both groups, more than half were ...

Hypothermia is known to decrease ICP both early after traumatic brain injury as a neuroprotectant or in the delayed phase as a rescue therapy for recalcitrant intracranial hypertension.

A study led by the University of Glasgow has revealed differences in the brains of pediatric and adult patients that might ...

Background and aims: We studied during 3 years (2007- 2009) 579 children, 1-14 years old (402 boys, 177 girls) who were administrated to Emergency Room of our Hospital because of head injury.

"It is a gold mine of information, providing the detailed description of the full breadth of pediatric head injuries." The data indicate that falls were the most frequent cause of injury in children ...

The following is a summary of “Interventions to Reduce Imaging in Children With Minor Traumatic Head Injury: A Systematic ...

However, very few studies have evaluated progesterone in pediatric animal models of brain injury. To date, two human phase II trials of progesterone for adult traumatic brain injury have been ...

Willie Stewart, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, the study provides crucial information on important differences in the response of brain blood vessels to injury in pediatric and ...