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2020 Apr 24


J Neurosurg Pediatr

Association of time to initial clinic visit with prolonged recovery in pediatric patients with concussion.

Authors

Eagle SR, Puligilla A, Fazio-Sumrok V, Kegel N, Collins MW, Kontos AP
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Apr 24:1-6.
PMID: 32330895.

Abstract

No studies to date have investigated the role of early clinical care in time to recovery from concussion in a pediatric population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of clinic presentation timing (≤ 7 days [early] compared to 8-20 days [late] from injury) in concussion assessment performance and risk for prolonged recovery (> 30 days) in pediatric concussion.