Head trauma among children in Reykjavík

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field The incidence of head trauma (ICD9 850-854) among children in the Reykjavík area, aged 0-14 years, was studied over a 5-year period, 1987-1991, using hospital records. On average, 72 childr...

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Published in:Acta Paediatrica
Main Authors: Arnarson, E O, Halldorsson, J G
Other Authors: Department of Psychiatry, National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
Subjects:
Accidental Falls
Accidents
Traffic
Adolescent
Brain Injuries
Child
Preschool
Craniocerebral Trauma
Female
Humans
Iceland
Incidence
Infant
Male
Reykjavík
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/68874
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13496.x
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Summary:To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field The incidence of head trauma (ICD9 850-854) among children in the Reykjavík area, aged 0-14 years, was studied over a 5-year period, 1987-1991, using hospital records. On average, 72 children with head trauma were admitted to hospital each year, indicating an annual incidence of 1.70 per 1000 population. Fourteen percent of children admitted to hospital with head trauma suffered the more severe forms of brain injury (ICD9 851-854) (annual incidence of 0.28 per 1000). Seven children died from brain injury, indicating an annual death rate of 0.03 per 1000. Falls were the most common cause of head trauma (62%), followed by traffic accidents (19%). On average, one to two severely brain-injured children received rehabilitation each year.

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