Head Trauma–Related Deaths Among Preschool Children in Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Obtained findings revealed that fall from a height was the leading cause of death among unnatural deaths in children younger than 5 years. Domestic accident was found to be a significant risk factor in childhood deaths. Traffic fatalities were among leading causes of death in childhood in our country, likewise in all around the world. Children were found to be more vulnerable to traumas when they start to move around with incomplete motor skills. Therefore, education of parents in terms of child supervision and installing safety precautions toward preschool children will be helpful in preventing such injuries. On the contrary to some findings in the literature, more severe lesions were also prominent even in case of short-range falls from a height.

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

“…Exclusion: penetrating head trauma, local facial signs post trauma, signs of basal skull Fracture; comorbidities that predispose to bleeding tendency; multiple major traumas; prolonged amnesia and LOC (prolonged amnesia and loss of consciousness for more than 5 min); active seizure on arrival to ED; GCS < 13. Falls 53%; MVC 23% All cases were with minor head trauma; GCS 15 (94%); 14 (4%); 13 (2%); abnormal brain CT findings in 5% (of these, 53% in falls, 23% in MVC) TBI in minor head trauma among children (1–14 years) was 5%; no mortality was reported due to mild head trauma Yagmur et al (2016) [ 27 ] Turkey, 2008–2012 203 pre-school children deaths due to head trauma. Inclusion: fatal head trauma in pre-school children (age ≤ 5 years); head trauma with general body trauma if cause of death was head trauma.…”