Post-Concussion Syndrome - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Mild traumatic brain injury.

30 Mar 2009 Mild traumatic brain injury accounts for 1% to 2% of emergency department visits in the United States. Up to 15% of these patients will have an acute intracranial lesion identified on head computed tomography; less than 1% of mild traumatic brain ... Read more...

The relationship between gender and postconcussion symptoms after sport-related mild traumatic brain injury.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to define the relationship between gender and postconcussion symptoms (PCSx) at 3 months after sport-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and, further, to examine whether age (minors vs. adults), source of PCSx ... Read more...

Concussion in hockey: compliance with return to play advice and follow-up status.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVES: To determine the compliance rate among hockey players with concussion or other head injuries who were advised by a physician about return to play. To assess compliance of hockey players with return to play advice and to assess the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Post-Concussion Syndrome - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neuropathology. A late hit for pro football players. 5 Aug 2009
• Mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Mar 2009
• The relationship between gender and postconcussion symptoms after sport-related mild traumatic brain injury. 27 Feb 2009
• Concussion in hockey: compliance with return to play advice and follow-up status. 27 Feb 2009
• National football league experiences with return to play after concussion. 27 Feb 2009
• Convolutions of the silent sports concussion: A neuropsychologist's response to the dark ages of rule-based return-to-play decisions. 27 Feb 2009
• Early predictors of postconcussive syndrome in a population of trauma patients with mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Jan 2009
• Post-concussion symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury: influence of demographic factors and injury severity in a 1-year cohort study. 30 Dec 2008
• Early stress response: a vulnerability framework for functional impairment following mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Dec 2008
• Sport-related concussion. 30 Dec 2008
• Serum cleaved tau does not predict postconcussion syndrome after mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Aug 2008
• Balance deficits after sports-related concussion in individuals reporting posttraumatic headache. 29 Jun 2008
• [Management of minor head injuries with the help of a blood test. S100B analysis can reduce the number of CT examinations and patient admissions] 30 May 2008
• [S100B for diagnosis and prognosis of sequelae following minor head injury. Contradictory results according to studies] 30 May 2008
• [Brain concussion can cause prolonged problems. Identification of risk patients as important as the emergency treatment] 30 May 2008
• [Which factors are predictive for long-term complaints after mild traumatic brain injuries?] 30 May 2008
• Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder. 15 Apr 2008
• Quality of life and neuropsychological changes in mild head trauma. Late analysis and correlation with S100B protein and cranial CT scan performed at hospital admission. 8 Mar 2008
• Disentangling mild traumatic brain injury and stress reactions. 28 Jan 2008
• Mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. Soldiers returning from Iraq. 28 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Post-Concussion Syndrome'

Definition: The organic and psychogenic disturbances observed after closed head injuries (HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED). Post-concussion syndrome includes subjective physical complaints (i.e. headache, dizziness), cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes. These disturbances can be chronic, permanent, or late emerging.

Descriptor UI: D038223

Alternative terms: Post-Concussion Syndrome; Post Concussion Syndrome; Post-Concussive Symptoms; Post Concussive Symptoms; Post-Concussive Symptom; Symptom, Post-Concussive; Post-Concussive Syndrome; Post Concussive Syndrome; Post-Concussive Syndromes; Syndrome, Post-Concussive; Syndromes, Post-Concussive; Post-Concussion Symptoms; Post Concussion Symptoms; Post-Concussion Symptom; Post-Concussive Syndrome, Chronic; Chronic Post-Concussive Syndrome; Chronic Post-Concussive Syndromes; Post Concussive Syndrome, Chronic; Post-Concussive Syndromes, Chronic; Syndrome, Chronic Post-Concussive; Syndromes, Chronic Post-Concussive;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.199.250.500; C10.900.300.087.125.500; C10.900.300.350.300.500; C21.866.260.118.150.500; C21.866.915.300.200.150.500; C21.866.974.150.500; C21.866.974.382.200.500;

History Note: 2003; use BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC 2001-2002