Test or rest? Computerized cognitive testing in the emergency department after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury does not delay symptom recovery

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 2091-2096

  Brooks, Brian L ^a,b,c   Low, Trevor A ^c   Daya, Hussain ^d   Khan, Samna ^e   Mikrogianakis, Angelo ^a,b,c   Barlow, Karen M ^b,c  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain concussion; child; emergency service, hospital; outcomes assessment; post concussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REST; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85020213270     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4301     Document Type: Article

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