Postconcussive symptoms in hospitalized pediatric patients after mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1223-1228

  Blinman, Thane A ^a   Houseknecht, Eileen ^a   Snyder, Caitlin ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^b   Nance, Michael L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Concussion; Symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TINGLING; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 66649114768     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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