Short-term outcomes of sport- and recreation-related concussion in patients admitted to a pediatric trauma service

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 784-790

  Bramley, Harry ^a   McFarland, Carol ^b   Lewis, Mechelle M ^b   Shaffer, Michele L ^c,d   Cilley, Robert ^a   Engbrecht, Brett ^a   Santos, Mary ^a   Rzucidlo, Susan ^a   Shirk, Beverly ^a   Simmons, Lynn ^a   Dias, Mark S ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; concussion; Glasgow Coma Scale; mild traumatic brain injury; sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONTUSION; CYCLING; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HORSEBACK RIDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; ORBIT FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKATEBOARDING; SKIING; SKULL FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOMITING; WRESTLING; AGE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCCER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOTBALL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902505460     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814533403     Document Type: Article

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