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Avoidable Factors Contributing to Death of Children with Head Injury
BMJ 300:87-91, Sharples,P.M.,et al, 1990
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Article Abstract
255 children died from head injury in the region,the mortality being 5.3 per 100,000 children per year.Head injury was the single most important cause of death in children aged>1 year,accounting for 15%of deaths in children aged 1-15 years and a quarter for those aged 5-15 years.121 potentially avoidable factors possibly or probably contributing to death occurred in 81 children(32%).Half the children(125)died before admission, 27 of whom(22%)had potentially avoidable factors possibly or probably contributing to death,and 130 died after admission,54 of when(42%)had 93 such factors,which included failure of diagnosis or delayed recognition of intracranial haemorrhage or associated injury,inadequate management of the airways,and poor management of the transfer between hospitals.
 
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