The objective of this article is to report the proportion of soldiers in a Brigade Combat Team (BCT) with at least 1 clinician-confirmed deployment-acquired traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to describe the nature of sequelae associated with such injuries. Participants: Members of an Army unit (n = 3973) that served in Iraq were screened for history of TBI. Those reporting an injury (n = 1292) were further evaluated regarding sequelae. Of the injuries suffered, 907 were TBIs and 385 were other types of injury. The majority of TBIs sustained were mild.
Traumatic Brain Injury Screening: Preliminary Findings in a US Army Brigade Combat Team
2009
11 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Clinical Medicine , Military Sciences , Mental disorders , Brain , Brigade level organizations , Iraq , Army personnel , Teams(Personnel) , Clinical medicine , Signs and symptoms , Memory devices , Medicine , History , Diagnosis(General) , Wounds and injuries , Army , Rehabilitation , Blast , Trauma , Interviewing , Deployment , Headaches , Reprints , Congress , Traumatic brain injury , Brigade Combat Team (BCT) , Tbi(Traumatic brain injury)