Post-concussion symptom burden in children following motor vehicle collisions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Motor vehicle collisions generate considerable transmitted forces resulting in traumatic brain injury in children presenting to emergency departments (EDs). To date, no large study has examined post-concussive symptoms in children sustaining concussions in motor vehicle collisions. This study aimed to compare trends in acute post-concussive symptom burden in children with concussion following motor vehicle collisions as compared to other injury mechanisms.

Methods

The study is a secondary analysis of the Predicting Persistent Post-concussive Problems in Pediatrics study, which prospectively recruited a multicenter cohort of 3029 children 5-17 years of age presenting to the ED with concussion from 2013-2015. Post-concussive symptom ratings were obtained at pre-speci

SUBMITTER: Lumba-Brown A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593496 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature