Characteristics and prognostic factors of intracranial hemorrhage in children

Objective Finding the characteristics and risk factors associated with prognosis in children suffering from intracranial hemorrhage. Methods This was a retrospective medical record review of chil- dren (older than 1 month old) admitted with intracranial hemor- rhage to the Department of Child Health the Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, during the period of January 1998 to December 2000. Prognostic factors were identified by chi-square and multivariate analysis with significance of p<0.05 Results There were 56 patients eligible for the study. Among them were 35 (63%) males and 21 (27%) females. Forty-three (77%) were less than one year of age, 40 (71%) without history of trauma and the major clinical manifestation was paleness (89%). The most common location was subdural bleeding, 21 patients (38%). Fac- tors associated with prognosis was the bleeding location (p<0.05) Conclusions Intracranial hemorrhage was more common in males and in infants. The most common clinical manifestation was pale- ness. Bleeding location was associated with prognosis