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mild traumatic brain injury mtbi concussion children rapidly growing public health concern epidemiologic data indicate marked increase number emergency department visits mtbi past decade however evidencebased clinical guidelines developed date diagnosing managing pediatric mtbi united statesto provide guideline based previous systematic review literature obtain assess evidence toward developing clinical recommendations health care professionals related diagnosis prognosis managementtreatment pediatric mtbithe centers disease control prevention cdc national center injury prevention control board scientific counselors federal advisory committee established pediatric mild traumatic brain injury guideline workgroup workgroup drafted recommendations based evidence obtained assessed within systematic review well related evidence scientific principles expert inference information includes selected studies published since evidence review conducted deemed workgroup relevant recommendations dates initial literature search january 1 1990 november 30 2012 dates updated literature search december 1 2012 july 31 2015the cdc guideline includes 19 sets recommendations diagnosis prognosis managementtreatment pediatric mtbi assigned level obligation ie must may based confidence evidence recommendations address imaging symptom scales cognitive testing standardized assessment diagnosis history risk factor assessment monitoring counseling prognosis patientfamily education rest support return school symptom management treatmentthis guideline identifies best practices mtbi based current evidence updates made body evidence grows addition development guideline cdc created userfriendly guideline implementation materials concise actionable evaluation guideline implementation materials crucial understanding influence recommendations