Outcomes and prognostic factors of pediatric patients with a Glasgow Coma Score of 3 after blunt head trauma.
Duncan J TrimbleSamantha L ParkerLiang ZhuCharles S CoxRyan S KitagawaStephen A FletcherDavid I SandbergManish N ShahPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2020)
Twenty percent of our pediatric non-pharmacologic GCS 3 cohort had a good functional outcome. Lack of bilaterally fixed and dilated pupils was the most important factor for survival. Temperature, MOI, and hypotension also correlated with survival. The data support selective aggressive management for these patients.