Is parental anxiety at initial acute presentation associated with prolonged symptoms following pediatric concussion?
Parental anxiety at time of acute presentation does not appear to be associated with prolongation of postconcussive symptoms in their children. However, parents of persistently symptomatic children remain significantly more anxious than those whose children's symptoms have resolved. Future research should attempt to reduce the familial burden of concussion through expectation management strategies.
The robustness of these data would allow cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to provide preoperative patients with a reasonably accurate estimate of survival rates at 1 year after valve replacement surgery in addition to the customary short-term 30-day outcome.