Open AccessConcussion and its management: What do parents know?
Author(s) -
Kirstin Weerdenburg,
Suzan Schneeweiss,
Ellen H. Koo,
Kathy Boutis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/21.3.e22
Subject(s) - concussion , medicine , emergency department , head injury , injury prevention , pediatrics , odds ratio , poison control , family medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry
To determine the sensitivity of parental suspicion of concussion relative to paediatric emergency physicians in children who presented to an emergency department (ED) with a head injury. A secondary objective was to examine the variables associated with parental suspicion of concussion concordant with that of a physician.
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