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Severe head injuries in children

The aim of this dissertation is to review the current literature on severe head injuries in children, with particular respect to epidemiology, clinical features and investigation, pathophysiology, management and outcome. In addition a retrospective study was carried out on severe head injuries at Re...

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Main Author: Semple, Patrick Lyle
Other Authors: Bass, David
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Neurosurgery 2017
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description The aim of this dissertation is to review the current literature on severe head injuries in children, with particular respect to epidemiology, clinical features and investigation, pathophysiology, management and outcome. In addition a retrospective study was carried out on severe head injuries at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Finally, the findings of this study are discussed in the light of the experience of other neurosurgical and trauma centres. In this way similarities as well as features peculiar to our setting can be identified with the aim of improving the understanding and management of severe head injuries in children in the Western Cape.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/26252 Severe head injuries in children Semple, Patrick Lyle Bass, David Neurosurgery The aim of this dissertation is to review the current literature on severe head injuries in children, with particular respect to epidemiology, clinical features and investigation, pathophysiology, management and outcome. In addition a retrospective study was carried out on severe head injuries at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Finally, the findings of this study are discussed in the light of the experience of other neurosurgical and trauma centres. In this way similarities as well as features peculiar to our setting can be identified with the aim of improving the understanding and management of severe head injuries in children in the Western Cape. 2017-11-15T07:22:16Z 2017-11-15T07:22:16Z 1997 2017-03-30T14:23:10Z Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26252 eng application/pdf Division of Neurosurgery Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town
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title Severe head injuries in children
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