Clinical role of low hemoglobin ratio in poor neurologic outcomes in infants with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage

Abstract

Outcome Age Group (months) Ratio of ΔHB (%) Sensitivity Specificity LR + LR −

Pediatric trauma—a global public health issue: What and who should we focus on in pediatric injury prevention

“…2 In the United States, over 500,000 children suffer from TBI, which resulted in 2000 deaths annually. 3 In Taiwan, a study on pediatric traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) revealed a total mortality rate of traumatic OHCA in children was relatively high (98.2%). 4 Therefore, due to the poor prognosis of children with major trauma the policy of injury prevention is very important and should be promoted aggressively.…”