cardiovascular-agents and Wounds--Gunshot

Vomiting, abdominal distension, and feeding intolerance are common findings following brain injury in children, and are usually attributed to the brain injury or to delayed gastric emptying: a specific cause is usually not sought. We report six children who developed mild to moderate pancreatitis at least 7 days following apparently isolated brain injury, a previously unreported association. Five of the six patients received drugs that are known or suspected pancreatotoxins; all recovered without changes in the medications. When children develop feeding intolerance or upper gastrointestinal symptoms following traumatic brain injury pancreatitis should be suspected.

Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anticonvulsants; Brain Injuries; Cardiovascular Agents; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Head Injuries, Closed; Hematoma, Subdural; Humans; Male; Pancreatitis; Psychotropic Drugs; Risk Factors; Wounds, Gunshot