An update on the diagnosis and management of concussion

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Almasi, Stephen J ^a   Wilson, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; MELATONIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN EDEMA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REST; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859139274     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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