Research Article
Serum S100B Levels Can Predict Computed Tomography Findings in Paediatric Patients with Mild Head Injury
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with mild head injury according to CT.
| | | CT+
(%) | CT−
(%) | Total
(%) | value | | Total | 53 (100.0) | 27 (100.0) | 80 (100.0) |
| | Age (year) | | | | Mean ± SD | 9.6 ± 3.5 | 8.0 ± 4.0 | 9.1 ± 3.8 | | | Gender | | | | Male | 31 (58.5) | 15 (55.6) | 46 (57.5) | | | Female | 22 (41.5) | 12 (44.4) | 34 (42.5) | | Mechanism of trauma | | | | Traffic | 17 (32.1) | 6 (22.2) | 23 (28.8) | | | Sports injury | 10 (18.9) | 3 (11.1) | 13 (16.3) | | Fall | 12 (22.6) | 7 (25.9) | 19 (23.8) | | Other | 15 (28.3) | 10 (37.0) | 25 (31.3) | | Symptoms, findings | | | | GCS 15 | 8 (15.1) | 17 (63.0) | 25 (31.3) | | | GCS 14 | 21 (39.6) | 5 (18.5) | 26 (32.5) | | GCS 13 | 23 (43.4) | 4 (14.8) | 27 (33.8) |
| | Amnesia | 19 (35.8) | 4 (14.8) | 23 (28.8) | | | LOC | 36 (67.9) | 8 (29.6) | 44 (55.0) | | | Nausea | 23 (43.4) | 16 (59.3) | 39 (48.8) | | | Vomiting | 36 (67.9) | 10 (37.0) | 46 (57.5) | | | Headache | 53 (100.0) | 22 (81.5) | 75 (93.8) | | | Dizziness | 17 (32.1) | 13 (48.1) | 30 (37.5) | |
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SD: standard deviation; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; LOC: loss of consciousness prior to hospital admission.
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