Spit Test May Help Reveal Concussion Severity
NPR – A little spit may help predict whether a child's concussion symptoms will subside in days or persist for weeks.
A test that measures fragments of genetic material in saliva was nearly 90 percent accurate in identifying children and adolescents whose symptoms persisted for at least a month, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
That's in contrast to a concussion survey commonly used by doctors that was right less than 70 percent of the time.
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