Podcast 814: Post-concussion Treatment

<p><strong>Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recent study looked at the impact of screen time on duration of post-concussive symptoms</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">125 patients aged 12-25 diagnosed with a concussion were randomized to either abstain from or have unrestricted screen time for 48 hours after injury</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Patients with unrestricted screen time averaged approximately 5 hours/day of screen time</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Patients in the no screen time group averaged approximately 1 hour/day of screen time</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Statistically significant difference in duration of post-concussive symptoms</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unrestricted screen time cohort averaged 8 days of post-concussive symptoms</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">No screen time cohort averaged 3.5 days of post-concussive symptoms</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ED physicians should encourage patients to limit screen time as much as possible in the first 48 hours after a concussion to promote faster recovery from post-concussive symptoms</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Macnow T, Curran T, Tolliday C, et al. Effect of Screen Time on Recovery From Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial.</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">JAMA Pediatr.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">2021;175(11):1124-1131.</span></p> <p> <