TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Critical evaluation of the existing guidelines on mild traumatic brain injury
JO  - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
A1  - Peloso, Paul M.
A1  - Carroll, Linda J.
A1  - Cassidy, J. David
A1  - Borg, Jörgen
A1  - von Holst, Hans
A1  - Holm, Lena
A1  - Yates, David
SP  - 106
EP  - 112
VL  - 
IS  - 43 Suppl
N2  - The purpose of guidelines is to reduce practice variability, but they need to be evidence-based. We examine current mild traumatic brain injury guidelines, critique their basis in evidence and examine their variability in recommendations. A systematic search of the literature found 38,806 abstracts, with 41 guidelines. There were 18 sports-related guidelines, 13 related to admission policies, 12 related to imaging and 5 related to neuropsychological assessment. Some guidelines addressed several areas. Only 5 guidelines reported a methodology for the assembly of evidence used to develop the guideline. After appraising the guidelines against a validated index, we found that 3 of the 41 guidelines could be categorized as evidence-based. Two of these focused on paediatric patients and 1 on adult patients. Limited methodological quality in the current guidelines results in conflicting recommendations amongst them.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1650-1977
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -