Objective
Accidental traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to severe complications such as endocrine abnormalities and long-term morbidities and can negatively impact patient lives. These conditions are also associated with a high cost of treatment over a lifetime, a significant concern in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). In Pakistan, the prevalence of children with endocrine abnormalities secondary to TBI remains largely unexplored. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study to estimate the burden of endocrine abnormalities due to TBI among children in our population.
Methods
Twenty patients previously admitted with head injury between September and October 2019 were retrospectively reviewed with tests for baseline serum sodium, plasma osmolality, cortisol, adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), free thyroxine (fT4), growth hormone (GH), insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), prolac
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