Injuries to children who had preinjury cognitive impairment: a 10-year retrospective review.

Objective: To determine differences between hospitalized injured children who had preinjury cognitive impairments (IMPs) and children who had no preinjury cognitive conditions (NO).

Design: Comparative analysis, excluding fatalities, of patients with IMP (n = 371) with patients with NO (n = 58 745), aged from 0 to 19 years.

Main Outcome Measures: Demographics, injury characteristics, injury nature and severity, use of resources, disability, and disposition at discharge from acute care.