[net-gold] Re: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury / Concussions- New Department of Defense Guidelines

From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:42:52 -0500 (EST)



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[Net-Gold] RE: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury /
Concussions- New Department of Defense Guidelines



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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:46:05 -0800
From: Lisa Kuipers RN <LKmeddetective@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Net-Gold] RE: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussions- New Department
    of Defense Guidelines



Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussions- New Department of Defense
Guidelines

Andrew Wilner, MD, Neurology, 07:44PM Jan 22, 2010

Concussions can significantly impact mental, physical, and social
well-being. The best evidence on diagnosis and management of mild traumatic
brain injury/concussion in adults has been published


<http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/09/46/6/contents.html>


by the
Veterans Administration and Department of Defense (1). The guidelines
address diagnosis and management of patients who are evaluated for symptoms
at least 7 days after the initial head injury. The well organized and
comprehensive document (112 pages) includes definitions, classifications,
charts, algorithms, and references. Algorithms address initial presentation,
management of symptoms, and follow up of persistent symptoms. A useful
structured interview for collecting head trauma event characteristics is
included in the Appendix. The authors use the terms "concussion" and "mild
traumatic brain injury" interchangeably. A Medscape article describing the
document appears here.


<http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/714231>


For those who would like to read more, the entire issue of the journal

<http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/09/46/6/contents.html>


is devoted to the topic.

http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@.29f95ecb!comment=1


<http://boards.medscape.com/
forums?128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@.29f95ecb!comment=1&cat=All> &cat=All




Respectfully, Lisa Kuipers RN

Nurse Consultant

Southern California

lkmeddetective@xxxxxxxxxxx

661 266 2165 office

661 810 0523 cell

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[net-gold] Re: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury / Concussions- New Department of Defense Guidelines

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