Head Injuries and Post-Concussion Syndrome

A Comprehensive Guide to the Literature for Personal Injury Lawyers

Publisher: Medifocus Legal
Publication Date: October 12, 2023
Number of Pages: 128
A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that occurs as a consequence of an injury to the head. Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) refers to a complex set of symptoms that develops in some people who have sustained a head injury and includes headaches, dizziness, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, memory difficulties, and sensitivity to noise and light. These symptoms may last for weeks or months and, in some cases, may persist for a year or longer after a head injury. Although the pathophysiology of PCS is currently not well understood, many experts believe that PCS is caused by a combination of structural damage to the brain and psychological factors. Because of the variability of symptoms among patients, there is no specific standard treatment for PCS. The goals of treatment are to control the symptoms as best as possible and to help patients return to normal activities of daily living through rehabilitation.

The MediFocus Literature Guide to Head Injuries and Post-Concussion Syndrome is a comprehensive Guide to the medical literature for personal injury attorneys who are often involved in litigating mild traumatic head injury cases that result in post-concussive symptoms. This unique Guide includes over 150 hand-selected references to articles published in peer-reviewed journals with links to the abstracts and FREE online access to the full-text version of 37 articles. The Guide also includes a valuable Author Directory that enables attorneys to quickly identify and locate experts with specialized knowledge about PCS for case evaluations and expert testimony.

Head Injuries and Post-Concussion Syndrome is a one-of-a-kind literature reference Guide that includes:

• A comprehensive bibliography of 474 journal article references indexed in MEDLINE published in well respected medical and scientific journals.
• Online access to the abstracts (summaries) of the articles.
• Online access to the free full-text version of 37 articles.
• Links to full-text sources of other articles that are available for purchase directly from individual journal publishers.
• A unique "Author Directory" consisting of the names and institutional affiliations of experts who have published and have specialized knowledge about Head Injuries and Post-Concussion Syndrome. The "Author Directory" is a valuable resource for quickly identifying and locating experts for case reviews, opinions, and testimony.

Select examples of topics that are covered by the articles referenced in this Guidebook include:

• Legal Aspects of Concussion: The Ever-Evolving Standard of Care.
• The Litigation Complexity of Posttraumatic Headaches.
• Outcomes after Concussion Recovery Education: Effects of Litigation and Disability Status on Maintenance of Symptoms.
• Halstead-Reitan characteristics of nonimpact and impact mTBI litigants and insurance claimants.
• Mild traumatic brain injury: Is DTI ready for the courtroom?
• Prognostic factors for persistent symptoms in adults with mild traumatic brain injury: an overview of systematic reviews.
• Long-Term Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Repetitive Concussion and Head- Impact Exposure.
• Longitudinal Trajectories of Post-Concussive Symptoms Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
• Post-Concussion Symptoms and Disability in Adults With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
• Post-concussion symptoms 1-year after traumatic brain injury: using the Rivermead Postconcussion Questionnaire to identify predictors of severity.
• Persistent post-concussive syndrome in children after mild traumatic brain injury is prevalent and vastly underdiagnosed.
• Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric recovery from mild traumatic brain injury.
• Concussion-Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Recoverable Injury with Potential for Serious Sequelae.
• Autonomic dysfunction in adults following mild traumatic brain injury: A systematic review.
• Factors Associated with Quality of Life in Adults with Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms.
• Persistent post-concussive symptoms: A model of predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors.
• Prevalence and risk factors for depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in youth with persistent post-concussive symptoms.
• Diffusion and functional MRI findings and their relationship to behaviour in postconcussion syndrome: a scoping review.
• Healthcare utilization and costs associated with persistent post-concussive symptoms.
• Microstructural changes in the brain after long-term post-concussion symptoms:

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