@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive and behavioral outcome following mild traumatic head injury in children",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="1999",
author="Ponsford, J. and Willmott, C. and Rothwell, A. and Cameron, Peter and Ayton, G. and Nelms, R. and Curran, C. and Ng, K. T.",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="360-372",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To investigate outcome in children with mild traumatic head injury (THI) at 1 week and 3 months postinjury and to identify factors associated with persisting problems. DESIGN: Postconcussional symptomatology, behavior ratings, and neuropsychological test performance were examined at 1 week and 3 months postinjury. SETTING: Participants were recruited from successive presentations to emergency departments of two major hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: 130 Children with mild THI were compared with 96 children having other minor injuries as controls. RESULTS: Children with mild THI experienced headaches, dizziness, and fatigue but exhibited no cognitive impairments, relative to controls, at 1 week postinjury. By 3 months, symptoms had resolved. However, 17% of children showed significant ongoing problems. They were more likely to have a history of previous head injury, learning difficulties, neurological or psychiatric problems, or family stressors. CONCLUSIONS: Persisting problems following mild head injury in children are more common in those with previous head injury, preexisting learning difficulties, or neurological, psychiatric, or family problems. These &quot;at-risk&quot; children should be identified in the emergency department and monitored.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}