Growth monitoring following traumatic brain injur
Moon, R.J., Wilson, P., Kirkham, F.J. and Davies, J.H. (2008) Growth monitoring following traumatic brain injur. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 94, (9), 699-701. (doi:10.1136/adc.2008.145235). (PMID:19036759).
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Description/Abstract
Hypopituitarism is an important consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Growth monitoring can be used as an indicator of pituitary function in children. A retrospective audit of case notes of 123 children, who required intensive care unit admission with TBI found that only 71 (33%) of 212 attendances in 38 of 85 children followed up had documented height and weight measurements. Children were reviewed in 11 different specialty clinics, which showed a wide variation in the frequency of growth monitoring. Serial growth measurements were available for only 22 patients (17%), which showed a reduction in height standard deviation scores (SDS) (0.17+/-0.33, p=0.017) over a mean follow-up period of 25.2+/-21.6 months. In conclusion, growth monitoring following TBI was poorly performed in this cohort, highlighting the need for a coordinated approach by primary and secondary care and all departments in tertiary centres involved in the follow-up of children with TBI.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0003-6888 (print) 1468-2044 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | patients, children, secondary, hypopituitarism, weight, growth, brain, injuries, height, cohort, hospitals |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RB Pathology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Clinical Neurosciences |
| Item ID: | 70210 |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2013 19:44 |
| Contributors: | Moon, R.J. (Author) Wilson, P. (Author) Kirkham, F.J. (Author) Davies, J.H. (Author) |
| Date: | 26 November 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/70210 |
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