PPCS

There are multiple definitions:

  1. peak principal compressive strain(English)

  2. persistent post-concussion symptoms(English)

    • occur frequently after mild traumatic brain injury. The identification of patients at risk for poor outcome remains challenging because valid prediction models are missing. A model based on the synthesis of existing models and addition of complaints at the emergency department was developed, comprising variables of existing models with the addition of headache, nausea/vomiting, and neck pain at ED, using logistic regression and bootstrap validation. Female sex (odds ratio [OR] 1.48, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.01-2.18]), neck pain (OR 2.58, [1.39-4.78]), two-week post-concussion symptoms (OR 4.89, [3.19-7.49]) and two-week post-traumatic stress (OR 2.98, [1.88-4.73]) were significant predictors
    • mTBI, ED, GCS, TBI
    • Brain (dys)function, Post-traumatic state, Injury, Emergency medicine, Woman /female
    • https://doi.org…9/neu.2017.5486