Concussive and psychological symptom predictors of aeromedical evacuation following possible brain injury among deployed military personnel.

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad E. Morrow ◽  
Craig J. Bryan ◽  
William C. Isler
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Psychological Symptom ◽  
Aeromedical Evacuation ◽  
Symptom Predictors

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) among UK military personnel whilst deployed in Afghanistan in 2011

Brain Injury ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 896-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Jones ◽  
Nicola T. Fear ◽  
Roberto Rona ◽  
Mohammed Fertout ◽  
Gursimran Thandi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Military Personnel

scholarly journals Inpatient Hospitalizations of U.S. Military Personnel Medically Evacuated From Iraq and Afghanistan With Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury

2011 ◽  
Vol 176 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Heltemes ◽  
Amber L. Dougherty ◽  
Andrew J. MacGregor ◽  
Michael R. Galarneau
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Inpatient Hospitalizations

Symptoms of post-concussional syndrome are non-specifically related to mild traumatic brain injury in UK Armed Forces personnel on return from deployment in Iraq: an analysis of self-reported data

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 1379-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. T. Fear ◽  
E. Jones ◽  
M. Groom ◽  
N. Greenberg ◽  
L. Hull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reported Data

BackgroundMild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is being claimed as the ‘signature’ injury of the Iraq war, and is believed to be the cause of long-term symptomatic ill health (post-concussional syndrome; PCS) in an unknown proportion of military personnel.MethodWe analysed cross-sectional data from a large, randomly selected cohort of UK military personnel deployed to Iraq (n=5869). Two markers of PCS were generated: ‘PCS symptoms’ (indicating the presence of mTBI-related symptoms: none, 1–2, 3+) and ‘PCS symptom severity’ (indicating the presence of mTBI-related symptoms at either a moderate or severe level of severity: none, 1–2, 3+).ResultsPCS symptoms and PCS symptom severity were associated with self-reported exposure to blast whilst in a combat zone. However, the same symptoms were also associated with other in-theatre exposures such as potential exposure to depleted uranium and aiding the wounded. Strong associations were apparent between having PCS symptoms and other health outcomes, in particular being a post-traumatic stress disorder or General Health Questionnaire case.ConclusionsPCS symptoms are common and some are related to exposures such as blast injury. However, this association is not specific, and the same symptom complex is also related to numerous other risk factors and exposures. Post-deployment screening for PCS and/or mTBI in the absence of contemporaneous recording of exposure is likely to be fraught with hazards.

scholarly journals Prospectively Assessed Clinical Outcomes in Concussive Blast vs Nonblast Traumatic Brain Injury Among Evacuated US Military Personnel

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine L. Mac Donald ◽  
Ann M. Johnson ◽  
Linda Wierzechowski ◽  
Elizabeth Kassner ◽  
Theresa Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Us Military

Characteristics of post-traumatic headaches following mild traumatic brain injury in military personnel

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (Special Issue) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeid Rezaei Jouzdani ◽  
Ali Ebrahimi ◽  
Maryam Rezaee ◽  
Mehdi Shishegar ◽  
Abbas Tavallaii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Post Traumatic
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