Pediatric assessment and management of concussions

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 198-203

  Gioia, Gerard A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; RESPONSIBILITY; SPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RETURN TO WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84861840365     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20120426-10     Document Type: Article

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