Factors influencing emergency medicine physicians' management of sports-related concussions: A community-wide study

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-654

  Giebel, Stephen ^a   Kothari, Rashmi ^a,b   Koestner, Amy ^b   Mohney, Gretchen ^c   Baker, Robert ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kalamazoo Valley Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

concussion; management; sports medicine

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCUSSION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SPORT INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 83655164594     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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