Management strategies and medication use for treating paediatric patients with concussions

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Kinnaman, Karen A ^a,b   Mannix, Rebekah C ^c   Dawn Comstock, R ^d   Meehan III, William P ^c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^e Harvard Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Medication management; Paediatric patient

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER;

CONCUSSION; MEDICATION MANAGEMENT; PAEDIATRIC PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881314260     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12315     Document Type: Article

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