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Intracranial laceration or haemorrhage due to birth injury

Laceração ou hemorragia intracraniana devida a traumatismo de parto

Category

Definition

A group of conditions characterised as a traumatic brain injury occurring when the tissue of the brain is mechanically cut or torn and bleeds in a newly delivered child due to physical pressure or injury during delivery.

Exclusions

  • intracranial haemorrhage of fetus or newborn: due to anoxia, hypoxia, or ischaemia
  • Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus or newborn

Subcategories (9)