Aida Taraki Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Coma, Prognosis, Children, Non-traumatic
Medical Student, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
I am Medical Student, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, interested in the field of Prognosis from Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Samaneh Kouzegaran, Aida Taraki and Amir Saber-Tanha
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the most common causes of Non-Traumatic Coma (NTC) and to identify outcome predictive factors. Method: This study was performed on non-traumatic comatose children aged 2 months to 14 years old were referred to emergency wards of Birjand’s Valiasr and Imam Raza hospitals from 2017 to 2018. Questionnaires including her/his clinical status, demographic data, and Para-clinic results, were completed by parents of the patients. The cause of Coma was determined based on the diagnosis of the patient’s clinician. Findings: The most common cause of coma in children were toxic causes (38 persons, 37.25%), other causes were respectively consist of infectious, congenital, neurologic, metabolic, hematologic, foreign body aspiration and malig... view moreĀ»