TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Evaluation of the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation for use in combat operations more than 12 hours after injury
JO  - Military medicine
A1  - Coldren, Rodney L.
A1  - Kelly, M. P.
A1  - Parish, Robert V.
A1  - Dretsch, Michael
A1  - Russell, Michael L.
SP  - 477
EP  - 481
VL  - 175
IS  - 7
N2  - The diagnosis and management of concussion can be difficult in a combat environment, especially in the absence of loss of consciousness or post-traumatic amnesia. As no validated test exists to diagnose or grade neurocognitive impairment from a concussion, the military currently employs the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (MACE) in Iraq. This is a two-part test, which incorporates the standardized assessment of concussion (SAC) as its objective score, although it has not been shown to be valid unless administered shortly after injury. A research team deployed to Iraq between January and April 2009 to examine the validity of several tests of neurocognitive function following a concussion, including the MACE. When administered more than 12 hours after the concussive injury, the MACE lacked sufficient sensitivity and specificity to be clinically useful.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0026-4075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -