RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Head trauma outcomes of verifiable falls in newborn babies
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F144
OP F145
DO 10.1136/adc.2008.143131
VO 95
IS 2
A1 C Ruddick
A1 M Ward Platt
A1 C Lazaro
YR 2010
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/95/2/F144.abstract
AB Eleven newborn babies of normal weights sustained falls onto a hard surface in hospital. The one baby who fell from >1 m sustained clinical and radiological trauma and encephalopathy, with a skull fracture and cerebral contusion. No other baby demonstrated neurological signs despite the presence of parietal skull fractures in four of six who were x rayed; only two babies had scalp swelling. The findings suggest that parietal fractures can result from very low-level falls, and scalp swelling is a poor marker for underlying fracture.