On the field evaluation of athletic head injuries
1Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Clinics in Sports Medicine
|February 26, 1998
Abstract:
This article reviews the diagnosis and management of athletic-related head injury. Cerebral concussion, diffuse axonal injury, brain contusion, and the spectrum of intracranial hematoma is discussed. Emphasis is placed on the need to evaluate when it is prevented from further participation.


