Citation

McCrea M, Manley G. JAMA Pediatr. 2018; 172(11): e182846.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2846

PMID

30193296

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, medical professionals and the general public have gained clearer understanding that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is often not a benign, self-limited condition as once thought. Rather, it may result in persistent physical, neuropsychiatric, and cognitive symptoms that exact substantial impact on life function and quality. Pediatric mTBI is now recognized as a major public health problem, bringing nearly 1 million children to US emergency departments annually...

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