Early versus delayed emergency department presentation following mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the presence of symptom at 1, 4 and 12 weeks in children.

Jocelyn GravelAndrée-Ann LedouxKen TangKeith Owens YeatesWilliam CraigMartin OsmondKathy BoutisEmma BurnsGurinder SanghaAlexander Sasha DubrovskyDarcy BeerRoger Zemek

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)

Patients who present early after a concussion appear to have a shorter duration of PCS than those presenting more than 12 hours later. Patients/families should be informed of the higher probability of PCS in children with delayed presentation.

Keyphrases

mild traumatic brain injury
emergency department
end stage renal disease
young adults
case report
chronic kidney disease
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prognostic factors
patient reported
patient reported outcomes
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