Cognitive functions and symptoms predicting later use of psychiatric services following mild traumatic brain injury in school-age.

Objective: To investigate whether neuropsychological test performance or presence of some specific injury symptoms at 1-3 months following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can help to identify the children at risk for developing post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms.

Methods: Data from 120 children and adolescents aged 7-15 years, treated at Turku University Hospital between 2010 and 2016 due to mTBI, and who had undergone neuropsychological evaluation at 1-3 months following injury, were enrolled from the hospital records. Neuropsychological test performancesand injury symptom reports were retrospectively retrieved from the patient files.

Neurological and Cognitive Performance After Childhood Encephalitis.

Children with encephalitis have increased risk for long-term neurological sequelae. We investigated minor neurological dysfunction (MND) and cognitive performance as a measurement for long-term outcome of encephalitis in childhood. Children with encephalitis ( = 98) treated in Turku University Hospital during the years 1995-2016 were retrospectively identified.