Management of pediatric patients with concussion by emergency medicine physicians

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 458-461

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^f Division of Sports Medicine   (United States)

^g Harvard Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

concussion; management; medication

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONCUSSION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING; BRAIN CONCUSSION; MEDICAL STAFF; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904056011     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000161     Document Type: Review

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