Definition
mTBI ✚ persistent sx ✚ fx impact ✚ exclusion
mTBI
•Head trauma with ± brief loss of consciousness (<30 min)
•± post‑traumatic amnesia (<24 h)
•± confusion/disorientation
•GCS 13–15
•No structural brain injury explaining symptoms
Persistent sx
•One or more post‑concussive sx
•Persisting beyond expected recovery
>4 weeks (children/adolescents)
>3 months (adults)
Sx domains
-Somatic: headache, dizziness, fatigue, photophobia/phonophobia
-Cognitive: attention deficit, memory impairment, slowed processing, executive dysfunction
-Emotional/Behavioral: irritability, anxiety, depression, emotional lability
-Sleep: insomnia, hypersomnia, fragmented sleep