Clinical practice guidelines for mild traumatic brain injury and persistent symptoms.

OBJECTIVE: To outline new guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and persistent postconcussive symptoms (PPCS) in order to provide information and direction to physicians managing patients’ recovery from MTBI. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: A search for existing clinical practice guidelines addressing MTBI and a systematic review of the literature evaluating treatment of PPCS were conducted. Because little guidance on the …