@article{ref1,
title="Current concepts in the management of patients with so-called 'minor' or 'mild' head injury",
journal="Trauma (Sage)",
year="1999",
author="Swann, I. J. and Teasdale, G. M.",
volume="1",
number="2",
pages="143-155",
abstract="'Mild' head injury is increasingly recognized as a potential source of physical and psychological disability, but there is a lack of consistency about the definition and management of these patients. We discuss and define the terms 'mild' and 'minor', the assessment of post-traumatic amnesia, and the relevance of other signs and symptoms. Previous guidelines and recent evidence that a 'mild' injury may be followed by an intracranial complication are reviewed as a basis for recommendations for investigation and management in accident and emergency departments, for in-patient observation and for discharge planning. Keywords mild head injury, guidelines, mechanism, imaging, observation, discharge plan<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1460-4086",
doi="10.1177/146040869900100206",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146040869900100206"
}