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ReviewAnesthesiology clinics2019

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Associated Topics: An Overview of Abusive Head Trauma, Nonaccidental Trauma, and Sports Concussions.

Erik B Smith, Jennifer K Lee, Monica S Vavilala, Sarah A Lee

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Review in Anesthesiology clinics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Factors affecting mortality risk in pediatric head injuries in Africa: a meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  8. Timeout? The Epidemiology of Pediatric Sports Injuries During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Erik B SmithDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: erik@jhmi.edu.
Jennifer K LeeDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Monica S VavilalaDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
Sarah A LeeDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.

Funding

Brain Microstructural MRI in a Piglet Model of Hypoxia-IschemiaR01NS107417 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, JENNIFER KIM · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS107417
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) uniquely affects the pediatric population. Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a subset of severe pediatric TBI usually affecting children in the first year of life. AHT is a form of nonaccidental trauma. Sports-related TBI resulting in concussion is a milder form of TBI affecting older children. Current recommended perioperative management of AHT and sports concussions relies on general pediatric TBI guidelines. Research into more specific pediatric TBI screening and management goals is ongoing. This article reviews the epidemiology, mechanisms, clinical signs, and management of AHT and sports-related concussions.

Indexed as

Athletic InjuriesBrainBrain Injuries, TraumaticChildChild AbuseChild, PreschoolHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedBrain injuriesChild abuseConcussionMild traumatic brain injuryPreoperative evaluationSCAT-3Sports-related head injury

Identifiers

PMID30711225
PMCPMC6996251

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