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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the authors' clinical recommendations.

A 64-year-old woman slipped on an icy walk, falling forward and striking her forehead. She had a brief convulsion immediately after the fall, was unresponsive for less than 1 minute, and awakened with a severe generalized headache and nausea but no vomiting. In addition to being perplexed about the circumstances of the fall, she could not recall the previous few hours. She . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Clinical Problem

Strategies and Evidence

Evaluation of the Patient with Concussion

            Criteria for Cranial Imaging

            Observation after Concussion

Postconcussion Syndrome (Posttraumatic Nervous Instability)

Concussion during Athletics

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Summary and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Department of Neurology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Ropper at the Department of Neurology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02135.

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Concussion
Cantu R. C., Herring S. A., Putukian M., the American College of Sports Medicine , Stricker P. R., Moriarity J., O'Connor F. G., McCambridge T. M., Small E., Bernhardt D. T., Kaji A. H., Gillespie I. A., Ropper A. H., Gorson K. C.
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N Engl J Med 2007; 356:1787-1789, Apr 26, 2007. Correspondence

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