Epidemiology of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury at Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital of Lomé in Togo

Table 1

Demographics, mechanism of injury, severity of injury, and complications based on age groups among severe pediatric traumatic brain injury patients.

Variable	Overall	0–4 years	5–9 years	10–15 years	value
Number	91	22 (24.2%)	40 (44%)	29 (31.8%)
Age (mean ± SD)	7.7 ± 4.3	2.14 ± 0.9	7.0 ± 1.2	12.9 ± 1.8	0.001
Males	61 (67.0%)	13 (59.1%)	27 (67.5%)	21 (72.4%)	0.60
Mechanism of injury
Road traffic accident	72 (79.1)	13 (59.1%)	35 (87.5%)	24 (82.8%)	0.03
Falls	18 (19.8%)	9 (40.9%)	5 (12.5%)	4 (13.8%)
Sports accident	1 (1.1%)	0	0	1 (3.4%)
pGCS (median (range))	7 (3–8)	7 (3–8)	7 (4–8)	7 (4–8)	0.245
ISS (mean ± SD)	23.1 ± 8.4	21.5 ± 7.6	22.6 ± 7.7	24.8 ± 9.6	0.350
Ventilator days (mean ± SD)	2.1 ± 2.9	1.9 ± 1.9	2.4 ± 3.2	2.1 ± 3.2	0.800
ICU stay (mean ± SD)	4.9 ± 4.4	4.8 ± 4.5	5.0 ± 4.0	4.9 ± 5.0	0.99
Sepsis	28 (30.7%)	6 (27.3%)	13 (32.5%)	9 (31.0%)	0.912
Mortality	29 (31.9%)	6 (27.3%)	13 (32.5%)	10 (34.5%)	0.85

SD: standard deviation, pGCS: pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS: Injury Severity Score, ICU: Intensive Care Unit.