SGEM#112: Bang Your Head – Paediatric Concussions

Trials extracted from the podcast by Dr. Ken Milne

• 2015Benefits of Strict Rest After Acute ConcussionEmergency & ResuscitationIn 99 adolescents with acute concussion, 5 days of strict rest did not improve recovery and increased 10-day symptom burden compared with usual care.
• 2014Hypertonic Saline as a Therapy for Pediatric Concussive PainEmergency & ResuscitationIn44 children with acute concussion and head pain,3% hypertonic salinereduced pain at 1 hour more thannormal salinedid.
• 2009PECARNEmergency & ResuscitationIn 42,412 children with minor blunt head trauma, age-specific PECARN prediction rules identified those at very low risk of clinically-important traumatic brain injury.