Emergency department prediction of post-concussive syndrome following mild traumatic brain injuryan international cross-validation study

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Faux, Steven ^a   Sheedy, Jo ^a   Delaney, R ^b   Riopelle, Richard ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concussion; Mild head injury; Mild traumatic brain injury; Post concussive syndrome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERMEAD POST-CONCUSSIVE QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 78650207666     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.531686     Document Type: Article

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