Melo José Roberto Tude, de Santana Diana Lara Pinto, Pereira Júlio Leonardo Barbosa, Ribeiro Tiago Freire
Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos (HUPES) - Universidade Federal da Bahia e Hospital Geral do Estado da Bahia, Salvador BA, Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2006 Dec;64(4):994-6. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000600020.
To verify the frequency of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the people between 0 and 19 years of age, in accordance to gender, age and cause of trauma.
Descriptive study made through a period of a year, in all TBI victims, aged until 19 years admitted in a reference trauma center.
The sample had a total of 390 patients; 280 (71.8%) were boys. The main age of the victims was between 10 to 19 years (adolescents) with 177 patients (45.4%). The most common cause of trauma was height falls (34.4%). According to the Glasgow Coma Scale, 89% had suffered mild TBI.
The main group of victims was the adolescents; the most important cause of TBI was height fall, with masculine predominance and mild trauma.
根据性别、年龄和创伤原因，核实0至19岁人群中创伤性脑损伤（TBI）的发生率。
通过为期一年的描述性研究，对一家参考创伤中心收治的所有19岁及以下的TBI受害者进行研究。
样本共有390名患者；280名（71.8%）为男性。受害者的主要年龄在10至19岁（青少年）之间，有177名患者（45.4%）。最常见的创伤原因是高处坠落（34.4%）。根据格拉斯哥昏迷量表，89%的患者遭受了轻度TBI。
主要受害者群体为青少年；TBI的最重要原因是高处坠落，以男性为主，且为轻度创伤。
