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Neurobehavioral Outcome After Closed Head Injury in Childhood and Adolescence
Christopher M. Filley, MD;
Lee D. Cranberg, MD;
Michael P. Alexander, MD;
Edward J. Hart, MD
Arch Neurol. 1987;44(2):194-198.
Abstract
• Hospital records of 53 children and adolescents, aged 18 years or less, with closed head injury were reviewed for information on long-term outcome. Computed tomographic scans were used to divide the patients into clinicopathologic groups. Within these groups, duration of coma was the major index of severity. Outcome was assessed using the Glasgow Outcome Scale and by evaluating social behavior, school performance, and vocational functioning. Patients with diffuse injury plus focal lesions fared worse than those with diffuse injury only. Coma lasting more than one month led to a poorer outcome in both groups. Many individuals had limiting emotional disturbances, which may have resulted from disruption of frontal systems modulating arousal and social behavior.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver (Dr Filley); Bedford (Mass) Veterans Administration Medical Center (Dr Cranberg); Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center (Dr Alexander); and Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Boston (Dr Hart).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 2, 1986.
Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E Ninth Ave, Denver, CO 80262 (Dr Filley).
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