ArticleIntensive care medicine2010
Vasospasm in children with traumatic brain injury.
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- Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm after posterior fossa surgery in pediatric patients: single-center study and systematic literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Pooled it
- Presenting Characteristics Associated With Outcome in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis From a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Hypothermia.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2018Trial
- Clinical utility of Arterial Spin Labeling perfusion images in pediatric neurological emergencies.La Radiologia medica · 2026Review
- Paediatric and adult neurological point-of-care ultrasound: Review of the evidence, and the UK accreditation pathway.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Article
- Clinical Applications of Point-of-Care and Diagnostic Transcranial Doppler in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting: A Scoping Review.Neurocritical care · 2026Article
- Post-traumatic vasospasm: Epidemiology, specificities, risk factors, and therapeutics.Journal of intensive medicine · 2025Review
- The endovascular treatment strategies of cerebrovascular injuries in traumatic brain injury.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2025Review
- Development and validation of a nomogram-based risk prediction model for unfavorable outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Establishing normal Lindegaard Ratio in healthy children 10-16 years of age.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Post-Traumatic Cerebral Infarction: A Narrative Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Neurology international · 2024Review
- Neuroendovascular Surgery Applications in Craniocervical Trauma.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Cerebral vasospasm in children with subarachnoid hemorrhage: frequency, diagnosis, and therapeutic management.Neurocritical care · 2022Article
- Vasospasm following low-velocity penetrating pediatric intracranial trauma.Journal of medical case reports · 2022Article
- Exploration of cerebral vasospasm from the perspective of microparticles.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Advances and Future Directions of Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: A Review of the Literature.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Review
- The Effect of the Relationship of APOE Polymorphisms and Cerebral Vasospasm on Functional Outcomes in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury.Biological research for nursing · 2018Article
- Electroencephalographic Patterns in Neurocritical Care: Pathologic Contributors or Epiphenomena?Neurocritical care · 2018Review
- Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Use in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of radiology nursing · 2017Article
- Repeated Loading Behavior of Pediatric Porcine Common Carotid Arteries.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2016Article
- Cerebellar Infarction in Childhood: Delayed-Onset Complication of Mild Head Trauma.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the incidence of vasospasm in children who have suffered moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
methodsA prospective observational pilot study in a 24-bed pediatric intensive care unit was performed. Twenty-two children aged 7 months to 14 years with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury as indicated by Glasgow Coma Score </=12 and abnormal head imaging were enrolled. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound was performed to identify and follow vasospasm. Patients with a flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) >120 cm/s were considered to have vasospasm by criterion A. If flow velocity in the MCA was >120 cm/s and the Lindegaard ratio was >3, vasospasm was considered to be present by criterion B. Patients with basilar artery (BA) flow velocity >90 cm/s met criteria for vasospasm in the posterior circulation (criterion C).
resultsIn the MCA, 45.5% of patients developed vasospasm based on criterion A and 36.3% developed vasospasm based on criterion B. A total of 18.2% of patients developed vasospasm in the BA by criterion C. Typical day of onset of vasospasm was hospital day 2-3. Duration of vasospasm in the anterior circulation was 4 +/- 2 days based on criteria A and 3 +/- 1 days based on criteria B. Vasospasm in the posterior circulation persisted for 2 +/- 1 days.
conclusionsUsing the adult criteria outlined above to diagnose vasospasm, a significant proportion of pediatric patients who have suffered moderate to severe traumatic brain injury develop vasospasm during the course of their treatment.
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