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Rehabilitation Medicine Following Severe Head Injury in Infants and Children

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Head Injuries in the Newborn and Infant

Part of the book series: Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery ((PRINCPEDIATR))

Abstract

The aim of rehabilitation following severe head injury is to avoid complications from the trauma and to enable independence and social integration. Normal development is an additional goal in childhood, especially in the newborn and infant. At this age the cerebrum exhibits a remarkable increment of volume and maturation.8 Many functions, such as speech, are not developed. Moreover, the younger the child, the less known is the premorbid personality; that is, the child’s presumed level of development before the trauma is unknown.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Pediatric Neurology, Chidren’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 606014, USA

    Anthony J. Raimondi M.D.

  2. Hôpital des Infantes de la Timone, Rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France

    Maurice Choux M.D.

  3. Instituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Concezio Di Rocco M.D.

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Kaiser, G., Rüdeberg, A., Fankhauser, I., Zumbühl, C. (1986). Rehabilitation Medicine Following Severe Head Injury in Infants and Children. In: Raimondi, A.J., Choux, M., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Head Injuries in the Newborn and Infant. Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7183-4_19

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