Understanding Why Patients Return to the Emergency Department after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury within 72 Hours

Understanding Why Patients Return to the Emergency Department after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury within 72 Hours

Introduction: Although there are approximately 1.1 million case presentations of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the emergency department (ED) each year, little data is available to clinicians to identify patients who are at risk for poor outcomes, including 72-hour ED return after discharge....

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Main Authors: Ganti, Latha, Conroy, Lauren, Bodhit, Aakash, Daneshvar, Yasamin, Patel, Pratik Shashikant, Ayala, Sarah, Kuchibhotla, Sudeep, Hatchitt, Kelsey, Pulvino, Christa, Peters, Keith R., Lottenberg, Lawrence L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2015-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5s29v01f

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