Posttraumatic stress disorder in combat casualties with burns sustaining primary blast and concussive injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Mora, Alejandra G ^a   Ritenour, Amber E ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Gaylord, Kathryn M ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Explosion; Mild traumatic brain injury; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Primary blast injury

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049091000     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819ce2d6     Document Type: Review

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