Concussion management by paediatricians: A national survey of Canadian paediatricians

Brain Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-317

  Gordon, Kevin E ^a,b   Do, Minh T ^c   Thompson, Wendy ^c   Mcfaull, Steven ^c  

^a CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain concussion; Child; Clinical medicine; Guideline adherence; Physicians practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CANADA; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WATCHFUL WAITING; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84896883020     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.862740     Document Type: Article

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