Care of war veterans with mild traumatic brain injury [6]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-538

  Sigford, Barbara ^a   Cifu, David X ^b   Vanderploeg, Rodney ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL ABUSE; BATTLE INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCUSSION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VETERAN; BRAIN INJURY; GOVERNMENT; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; NOTE; UNITED STATES; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; INCIDENCE;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME;

EID: 68049120621     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc096180     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Hoge CW, Goldberg HM, Castro CA. Care of war veterans with mild traumatic brain injury - flawed perspectives. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1588-1591
2. The Management of Concussion/mTBI Working Group. VA/DOD clinical practice guideline for management of concussion/mild traumatic brain injury. Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009.