The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society
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Sports concussions are common among children and adolescents, and recent evidence suggests that concussions are more serious injuries than previously thought. Young athletes appear to recover from concussion more slowly than older athletes. ⋯ These newer data on concussions have raised our appreciation of this injury and have informed the development of more conservative treatment guidelines for the child and adolescent athlete. The purpose of this JAMS article is to review the new evidence and the most recent management guidelines regarding sports concussion in the young athlete.
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While propoxyphene may have filled a niche when it was first marketed in 1957, newer, safer agents are now available. Multiple experts list the drug as one to avoid in the elderly patient. Evidence-based practice requires its use be minimized, especially in individuals over the age of 65.