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General paediatrics

G195. EARLY COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) IN CHILDREN
H. Miller, A.L. Curran, R. McCarter, I.K. Pople, P.M. Sharples and the Kids Head Injury Study Group.

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of admission to hospital in childhood. More than 90% of children will have sustained a mild head injury. It is recognised that severe TBI often results in cognitive and psychological sequelae, but there is controversy about the effects of mild TBI.

Aims: To define cognitive and psychological outcomes at one month of children admitted to hospital with severe/moderate or mild TBI and compare them with normal non-injured controls.

Methods: Prospective cohort study. TBI was classed by Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) as severe (GCS 3–8), moderate (GCS 9–12) or mild (GCS 13–15). Cognition was assessed by the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children (WISC)-111, Children’s Memory Scales (CMS), Test of Everyday Attention in Children (TEA-ch) and the Tower of London (TOL) test of executive function. Psychological . . . [Full text of this article]

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