Abstract
Trauma ranks first among the causes of child deaths. Head trauma is an important health problem in childhood and the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in that period. It’s more common in infants, adolescents and boys. Weak head control in children and a larger head than the body increases the risk of head trauma. Therefore, nurses should be actively involved and take appropriate actions in protection of children from head injuries and post-trauma nursing care. Child abuse, especially shaken baby syndrome, is the leading cause of head trauma in children under one year of age. This review addresses the nursing care plan of pediatric patients suffering from head injury.
Highlights
Traumas are one of the most important health problems of childhood and the most common cause of child deaths between 1-15 years of age
200 000 children per year are hospitalized due to head trauma and 4000 children die within a few hours after trauma [2]
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) can be prevented by increasing awareness through education especially in early postpartum period [10,11]
Summary
Traumas are one of the most important health problems of childhood and the most common cause of child deaths between 1-15 years of age. Head trauma appears to be the most common cause of death and permanent disability in childhood [1]. Abusive Head Trauma (AHT), formerly known as Shaken Baby Syndrome, is the primary cause of death and the most common cause of chronic disability and permanent damage among abused infants and children [6,7]. It is the leading cause of traumatic death and injury in children under 1 year of age [8]. In the study of Mirzai et al, 0-10 age group children rank first in the age distribution of reasons other than traffic accidents (32%) [17]
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