• Indian J Pediatr · Apr 2010

    Head injuries in children resulting from the fall of television.

    • N Suresh, G Harini, R Radhika, and B Chidambaram.
    • Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. drsuresh30@rediffmail.com
    • Indian J Pediatr. 2010 Apr 1; 77 (4): 459-60.

    AbstractCase records of children admitted with head injury due to TV fall in a pediatric tertiary care hospital in Chennai, during March 2007-February 2008 were analysed retrospectively. Out of the 11 children admitted 6 (54%) were in 1-2 yr age group. Bleeding from the ear, nose and throat was the commonest, finding followed by a skull fracture, seen on imaging studies. These were observed in 9 (81.81%) and 8 (72.8%) children respectively. There was no mortality.

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