Traumatic Brain Injury - Practice Guidelines & Helpful Articles

Practice Guidelines

Kamerling SN, Lutz N, Posner JC, Vanore M.
Mild traumatic brain injury in children: practice guidelines for emergency department and hospitalized patients. The Trauma Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2003;19(6):431-40. PubMed abstract

Kochanek PM, Carney N, Adelson PD, Ashwal S, Bell MJ, Bratton S, Carson S, Chesnut RM, Ghajar J, Goldstein B, Grant GA, Kissoon N, Peterson K, Selden NR, Tasker RC, Tong KA, Vavilala MS, Wainwright MS, Warden CR.
Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents--second edition.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012;13 Suppl 1(Jan):S1-82. PubMed abstract

Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents.
Crit Care Med. 2003;31(6 Suppl):S407-91. PubMed abstract

Helpful Articles

PubMed search on traumatic brain injury: articles over the past 2 years

Ashwal S.
Pediatric vegetative state: epidemiological and clinical issues.
NeuroRehabilitation. 2004;19(4):349-60. PubMed abstract

Atabaki SM.
Pediatric head injury.
Pediatr Rev. 2007;28(6):215-24. PubMed abstract

Berry JG, Bloom S, Foley S, Palfrey JS.
Health inequity in children and youth with chronic health conditions.
Pediatrics. 2010;126 Suppl 3:S111-9. PubMed abstract

Blackman, JA.
Severe brain injury: Helping patient and family on the long road back.
Contemporary Pediatrics. 2005; 22(1):63-78. http://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/contpeds/article/articleDetail.j...
Excellent overview, focused on sequelae and management, includes the family impact and perspective.

DeMatteo CA, Hanna SE, Mahoney WJ, Hollenberg RD, Scott LA, Law MC, Newman A, Lin CY, Xu L.
"My child doesn't have a brain injury, he only has a concussion".
Pediatrics. 2010;125(2):327-34. PubMed abstract / Full Text
Children with mild traumatic brain injuries have an increased frequency of receiving the concussion label, although the label may also be applied to children with more-severe injuries. The concussion diagnosis is associated with important clinical outcomes. Clinicians may use the concussion label because it is less alarming to parents than the term mild brain injury, with the intent of implying that the injury is transient with no significant long-term health consequences.

Ennis E, Henry M.
A review of social factors in the investigation and assessment of non-accidental head injury to children.
Pediatr Rehabil. 2004;7(3):205-14. PubMed abstract

Ganesalingam K, Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Walz NC, Stancin T, Wade S.
Executive functions and social competence in young children 6 months following traumatic brain injury.
Neuropsychology. 2011;25(4):466-76. PubMed abstract / Full Text
This study examined the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in young children on executive functions and social competence, and particularly on the role of executive functions as a predictor of social competence.

Gillett J.
The Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program (PABICOP) - an innovative comprehensive model of care for children and youth with an acquired brain injury.
NeuroRehabilitation. 2004;19(3):207-18. PubMed abstract

Giza CC, Mink RB, Madikians A.
Pediatric traumatic brain injury: not just little adults.
Curr Opin Crit Care. 2007;13(2):143-52. PubMed abstract

Golomb MR, Garg BP, Williams LS.
Measuring gross motor recovery in young children with early brain injury.
Pediatr Neurol. 2004;31(5):311-7. PubMed abstract

Keenan HT, Bratton SL.
Epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury.
Dev Neurosci. 2006;28(4-5):256-63. PubMed abstract

Khoshyomn S, Tranmer BI.
Diagnosis and management of pediatric closed head injury.
Semin Pediatr Surg. 2004;13(2):80-6. PubMed abstract

Liesemer K, Bratton SL, Zebrack CM, Brockmeyer D, Statler KD.
Early post-traumatic seizures in moderate to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury: rates, risk factors, and clinical features.
J Neurotrauma. 2011;28(5):755-62. PubMed abstract
A retrospective, observational study at a level I pediatric trauma center of children with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) to identify clinical and radiographic risk factors for early post-traumatic seizures (EPTS).

Limond J, Leeke R.
Practitioner review: cognitive rehabilitation for children with acquired brain injury.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2005;46(4):339-52. PubMed abstract

Lowenstein LF.
Recent research and views on shaking baby syndrome.
Int J Psychiatry Med. 2004;34(2):131-41. PubMed abstract

Martin C, Falcone RA Jr.
Pediatric traumatic brain injury: an update of research to understand and improve outcomes.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2008;20(3):294-9. PubMed abstract

Orliaguet GA, Meyer PG, Baugnon T.
Management of critically ill children with traumatic brain injury.
Paediatr Anaesth. 2008;18(6):455-61. PubMed abstract

Salmond CH, Sahakian BJ.
Cognitive outcome in traumatic brain injury survivors.
Curr Opin Crit Care. 2005;11(2):111-6. PubMed abstract

Schoenbrodt, Lisa , Associate professor and Chair of the Department of Speech Pathology/Audiology at Loyola College in Maryland.
Children with Traumatic Brain Injury; A Parents' Guide.
Woodbine House; 2001. 0-933149-99-9
A comprehensive reference that provides parents with support and information in coping with traumatic brain injury and the complex process of readjustment to the changes in a once healthy child. This book won the 2001 Parents' Choice Award and was selected as a Library Journal "Best Consumer Health Book of 2001. It will also be helpful for professionals.

Taylor HG.
Research on outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury: current advances and future directions.
Dev Neuropsychol. 2004;25(1-2):199-225. PubMed abstract

Taylor HG, Yeates KO, Wade SL, Drotar D, Stancin T, Minich N.
A prospective study of short- and long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury in children: behavior and achievement.
Neuropsychology. 2002;16(1):15-27. PubMed abstract
Longitudinal neuropsychological outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) were investigated. Further recovery was uncommon after the first year postinjury. Family factors did not moderate neuropsychological outcomes, despite their demonstrated influence on behavior and academic achievement after childhood TBI.

V Anderson, PhD, C Catroppa, PhD, S Morse, BAppSci, F Haritou, BAppSci, J Rosenfeld, FRACS.
Functional Plasticity or Vulnerability After Early Brain Injury? .
Pediatrics. 2005;116(No. 6): pp. 1374-1382. / Full Text
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common, acquired, childhood disability. Recent research suggests that such early insults may have a profound impact on development.

Wade SL, Cassedy A, Walz NC, Taylor HG, Stancin T, Yeates KO.
The relationship of parental warm responsiveness and negativity to emerging behavior problems following traumatic brain injury in young children.
Dev Psychol. 2011;47(1):119-33. PubMed abstract
Parenting behaviors play a critical role in the child's behavioral development. This study examined the relationship of parental warm responsiveness and negativity to changes in behavior following traumatic brain injury (TBI) in young children relative to an age-matched cohort of children with orthopedic injuries (OI).

Walker S and Wicks B.
The Education of Children with Acquired Brain Injury.
Great Britain: David Fulton Publishers; 2005.

Ylvisaker M, Adelson PD, Braga LW, Burnett SM, Glang A, Feeney T, Moore W, Rumney P, Todis B.
Rehabilitation and ongoing support after pediatric TBI: twenty years of progress.
J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2005;20(1):95-109. PubMed abstract