Blast injuries

SJ Wolf, VS Bebarta, CJ Bonnett, PT Pons, SV Cantrill - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Health-care providers are increasingly faced with the possibility of needing to care for
people injured in explosions, but can often, however, feel undertrained for the unique …

Brain neurotrauma: molecular, neuropsychological, and rehabilitation aspects

FH Kobeissy - 2015 - books.google.com
With the contribution from more than one hundred CNS neurotrauma experts, this book
provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account on the latest developments in the area of …

Blast‐related mild traumatic brain injury: mechanisms of injury and impact on clinical care

GA Elder, A Cristian - Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mild traumatic brain injury has been called the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. In both theaters of operation, traumatic brain injury has been a significant …

[PDF][PDF] Auditory and vestibular dysfunction associated with blast-related traumatic brain injury.

SA Fausti, DJ Wilmington, FJ Gallun… - Journal of …, 2009 - ncrar.research.va.gov
The dramatic escalation of blast exposure in military deployments has created an
unprecedented amount of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated auditory impairment …

Mild traumatic brain injury (concussion), posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression in US soldiers involved in combat deployments: association with …

JE Wilk, RK Herrell, GH Wynn, LA Riviere… - Psychosomatic …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Several studies have examined the relationship between concussion/mild
traumatic brain injury (mTBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and …

Neurological effects of blast injury

RR Hicks, SJ Fertig, RE Desrocher… - Journal of Trauma …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Over the last few years, thousands of soldiers and an even greater number of civilians have
suffered traumatic injuries due to blast exposure, largely attributed to improvised explosive …

Assessment and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other polytrauma conditions: burden of adversity hypothesis.

LA Brenner, RD Vanderploeg, H Terrio - Rehabilitation psychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective/Method: Military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have been
exposed to physical and emotional trauma. Challenges related to assessment and …

Mechanisms of hearing loss after blast injury to the ear

SI Cho, SS Gao, A Xia, R Wang, FT Salles… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Given the frequent use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around the world, the study of
traumatic blast injuries is of increasing interest. The ear is the most common organ affected …

Mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) during combat: lack of association of blast mechanism with persistent postconcussive symptoms

JE Wilk, JL Thomas, DM McGurk… - The Journal of head …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion) During Combat: Lack... : The Journal of Head Trauma
Rehabilitation Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion) During Combat: Lack of Association …

Blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury

GA Elder, EM Mitsis, ST Ahlers, A Cristian - Psychiatric Clinics, 2010 - psych.theclinics.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, known as Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring …