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A sentence I found interesting in the report was as follows:
'Whilst some clinicians might describe this as post-concussion syndrome, this does not adequately serve our patients for there is no clinical criteria, no diagnostic tests and no treatment pathway nor prognosis factors, thus I do not believe Sharon has post-concussion syndrome. I suspect she has functional and dissociate neurological symptoms that account for her presentation.'
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I'd get a different opinion.
He says other doctors would call it PCS, but he seems to think that because there are no diagnostic tests, or clinical criteria etc., then he is not going to call it PCS and has decided instead to call it a functional and dissociative type syndrome.
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Your neurologist needs to do this basic course.
Management of mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) and PCS
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This quiz is designed to give GP’s further information and advice regarding management of patients with mild TBI and post concussion syndrome. The quiz contains information from the Traumatic Brain Injury: diagnosis, acute management, and rehabilitation guidelines, produced for ACC by the NZ Guidelines Group 2006. Information is also obtained from the Land Transport Safety Authority publication Medical aspects of fitness to drive, published 2009.
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