Office management of mild head injury in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To provide family physicians with updated, practical, evidence-based information about mild head injury (MHI) and concussion in the pediatric population.

Sources of information

MEDLINE (1950 to February 2013), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2005 to 2013), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (2005 to 2013), and DARE (2005 to 2013) were searched using terms relevant to concussion and head trauma. Guidelines, position statements, articles, and original research relevant to MHI were selected.

Main message

Trauma is the main cause of death in children older than 1 year of age, and within this group head trauma is the leading cause of disability and death. Nine percent of reported athletic injuries in high school students involve MHI.

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Rodriguez JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4055317 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature