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Brain, Vol. 124, No. 7, 1261-1262, July 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Editorial

Paediatric head injury

David I. Graham

Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurological Science, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Minor trauma to the head is common in childhood and does not require any medical or surgical treatment. Nevertheless, head injury in infancy and childhood is the single most common cause of death (Luerssen et al., 1988Go) and permanent disability. Measurable deficits occur even after mild to moderate head injury but are markedly greater after severe injury. They include impaired cognition, motor impairments, disruption of attention and information processing, and psychiatric disturbances (Adelson and Kochanek, 1998Go).

Despite the frequency of the sequelae of head injury in childhood, there is relatively . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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