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Late postconcussional symptoms in traumatic head injury. An analysis of frequency and risk factors

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During follow-up of 485 adult patients with traumatic head injury, 51% of the patients reported new post-concussional symptoms after an observation period of 3–5 years (mean 4.0 years).

Most data, including the level of consciousness on admission, lenght of post-traumatic amnesia and days of hospitalization were poor parameters for predicting which patients would suffer late complications. A few variables were statistically of predictive importance: Sex, repeated head injury and skull fracture. Age was a risk factor for multiple complaints.

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  1. T. -H. Edna

    Present address: Department of Surgery, Innherred Hospital, Levanger

  2. J. Cappelen

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, Regional Hospital of Trondheim, Norway

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Edna, T.H., Cappelen, J. Late postconcussional symptoms in traumatic head injury. An analysis of frequency and risk factors. Acta neurochir 86, 12–17 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01419498

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