Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 796-803.e1, June 2009

Neurocognitive Function of Emergency Department Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Shane E. Peterson, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Matthew J. Stull, BS, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Michael W. Collins, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Sports Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Henry E. Wang, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Henry E. Wang, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, JTN266, Birmingham, AL 35249

Received 18 February 2008; received in revised form 17 June 2008; accepted 15 October 2008. published online 27 January 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Robert Silbergleit, MD

 Author contributions: MWC and HEW conceived and designed the study. SEP, MJS, and HEW obtained funding. SEP and MJS carried out data collection. SEP, MJS, and HEW analyzed the data. All authors contributed to drafting and editing the article. HEW takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Grant support for this study was provided by the Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Dean's Summer Research Program. Dr. Wang is supported by Clinical Scientist Development Award K08-HS013628 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Collins is co-developer and co-owner of IMPACT Applications, the company that distributes the IMPACT Concussion Management Software used in this study.

 Dr. Wang is now affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

 Publication date: Available online January 24, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01899-4

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.015

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 796-803.e1, June 2009

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