Post-concussional symptoms following minor head injury
The effect of admission to hospital after a minor head injury on the incidence and duration of post-concussional symptoms was investigated. A total of 114 adults with a minor head injury were randomly allocated to admission for 24 h, or to discharge from the accident department, follow-up was by pos...
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Published in | Injury Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 193 - 194 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.07.1989
Elsevier |
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Summary: | The effect of admission to hospital after a minor head injury on the incidence and duration of post-concussional symptoms was investigated. A total of 114 adults with a minor head injury were randomly allocated to admission for 24 h, or to discharge from the accident department, follow-up was by postal questionnaire. This revealed that 90 per cent of patients suffered symptoms lasting an average of 2 weeks. The patients who were discharged had symptoms that lasted a shorter time. Admission to hospital does not reduce the incidence and severity of symptoms following minor head injuries in adults. |
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ISSN: | 0020-1383 1879-0267 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0020-1383(89)90109-5 |