Postconcussion Syndrome in Compensation and Litigation

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Ninety-five cases of "postconcussion syndrome" were studied clinically and with eeg, in the hope of correlating the clinical symptomatology with eeg findings. About 55% of these cases showed abnormal eeg readings. In approximately 80% of the cases the clinical impression was confirmed by eeg findings. No correlation could be determined between loss of con- sciousness and abnormal records, the same percentage of abnormal eeg readings being present in patients who were unconscious for one hour or longer as compared with those who were only momentarily dazed. Caution is therefore advisable before too readily diagnosing "neurosis" in patients suffering even minor brain concussion.

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: