Clinical complications of surviving gunshot wounds to the head in children and adolescents: the Miami experience.

Victor M LuEvan KreugerJoacir G CordeiroToba N NiaziJonathan R JagidHeather J McCrea

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2022)

Survivors of pediatric GSW to the head can experience multi-systemic complications during both initial hospitalization and afterwards, and bullet trajectory involving the parenchyma may be associated with specific complications more than others. Dedicated inpatient management and outpatient follow-up involving surveillance for complications across all systems, not just neurological, are recommended to ensure patients receive the best care possible.

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