Influence of combat blast-related mild traumatic brain injury acute symptoms on mental health and service discharge outcomes

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1391-1397

  Eskridge, Susan L ^a   MacEra, Caroline A ^a,b   Galarneau, Michael R ^a   Holbrook, Troy L ^c   Woodruff, Susan I ^b   MacGregor, Andrew J ^a   Morton, Deborah J ^d   Shaffer, Richard A ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EPI SOAR Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

combat blast injury; functional outcomes; mental health; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BATTLE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCUSSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERVICE DISCHARGE; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881451625     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2537     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. McCracken, D. (2005). Traumatic brain injury emerging as the distinguishing injury of the Iraq war. Brain Injury Resource Foundation web site. Available at: www.birf.info/home/library/vet/vet-tbiiraq. html. Accessed March 25, 2009.
2. Department of Defense (2010, December 15). Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) U.S. casualty status. Available at: www.defense.gov/news/casualty. Accessed December 15, 2010.
3. Hoge, C.W., McGurk, D., Thomas, J.L., Cox, A.L., Engel, C.C., and Castro, C.A. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq. N. Engl. J. Med. 358, 453-463. (Pubitemid 351185801)
4. Zoroya, G. (2009). 360,000 veterans may have brain injuries. USA Today. Available at: www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-03-04-braininjuries-N.htm. Accessed March 15, 2009.
5. Helmick, K., Parkinson, G., Chandler, L., and Warden, D. (2007). Mild traumatic brain injury in wartime. Federal Practitioner, 58-65.
6. DVBIC. (2008). Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Consensus Conference on the acute management of concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the deployed setting. Available at: www.dvbic.org/patientcare.php. Accessed March 31, 2009.
7. Polusny, M.A., Kehle, S.M., Nelson, N.W., Erbes, C.R., Arbisi, P.A., and Thuras, P. (2011). Longitudinal effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder comorbidity on postdeployment outcomes in National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 68, 79-89.
8. Terrio, H., Brenner, L.A., Ivins, B.J., Cho, J.M., Helmick, K., Schwab, K., Scally, K., Bretthauer, R., and Warden, D. (2009). Traumatic brain injury screening: preliminary findings in a US Army Brigade Combat Team. J. Head Trauma Rehabil. 24, 14-23.
9. Theeler, B.J., and Erickson, J.C. (2009). Mild head trauma and chronic headaches in returning US soldiers. Headache 49, 529-534.
10. McCrea, M., Kelly, J.P., Randolph, C., Cisler, R., and Berger, L. (2002). Immediate neurocognitive effects of concussion. Neurosurgery 50, 1032-1040.
11. Brenner, L.A., Ivins, B.J., Schwab, K., Warden, D., Nelson, L.A., Jaffee, M., and Terrio, H. (2010). Traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and postconcussive symptom reporting among troops returning from Iraq. J. Head Trauma Rehabil. 25, 307-312.
12. Schneiderman, A.I., Braver, E.R., and Kang, H.K. (2008). Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder. J. Am. Epidemiol. 167, 1446-1452.
13. Boake, C., McCauley, S.R., Pedroza, C., Levin, H.S., Brown, S.A., and Brundage, S.I. (2005). Lost productive work time after mild to moderate traumatic brain injury with and without hospitalization. Neurosurgery 56, 994-1003; discussion 1994-1003.
14. Englander, J., Hall, K., Stimpson, T., and Chaffin, S. (1992). Mild traumatic brain injury in an insured population: Subjective complaints and return to employment. Brain Inj. 6, 161-166.
15. Kraus, J., Schaffer, K., Ayers, K., Stenehjem, J., Shen, H., and Afifi, A.A. (2005). Physical complaints, medical service use, and social and employment changes following mild traumatic brain injury: a 6-month longitudinal study. J. Head Trauma Rehabil. 20, 239-256. (Pubitemid 40695719)
16. Galarneau, M.R., Woodruff, S.I., Dye, J.L., Mohrle, C.R., and Wade, A.L. (2008). Traumatic brain injury during Operation Iraqi Freedom: findings from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry. J. Neurosurg. 108, 950-957. (Pubitemid 351656843)
17. Ommaya, A.K., Salazar, A.M., Dannenberg, A.L., Ommaya, A.K., Chervinsky, A.B., and Schwab, K. (1996). Outcome after traumatic brain injury in the U.S. military medical system. J. Trauma 41, 972-975. (Pubitemid 26424889)
18. Galarneau, M.R., Hancock, W.C., Konoske, P., Melcer, T., Vickers, R.R., Walker, G.J., and Zouris, J.M. (2006). The Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry. Mil. Med. 171, 691-697. (Pubitemid 44204876)
19. Gennarelli, T., and Wodzon, E. (2005). The Abbreviated Injury Scale-2005. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine: Des Plaines, IL.
20. Baker, S.P., O'Neill, B., Haddon, W., Jr., and Long, W.B. (1974). The Injury Severity Score: A method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care. J. Trauma 14, 187-196.
21. Jacobs, B., Beems, T., Stulemeijer, M., van Vugt, A.B., van der Vliet, T.M., Borm, G.F., and Vos, P.E. (2010). Outcome prediction in mild traumatic brain injury: age and clinical variables are stronger predictors than CT abnormalities. J. Neurotrauma 27, 655-668.
22. McCrea, M. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury and postconcussion syndrome: the new evidence base for diagnosis and treatment, 1st ed. Oxford University Press, Inc.: New York.
23. Collins, M.W., Iverson, G.L., Lovell, M.R., McKeag, D.B., Norwig, J., and Maroon, J. (2003). On-field predictors of neuropsychological and symptom deficit following sports-related concussion. Clin. J. Sport Med. 13(4), 222-229. (Pubitemid 36917980)
24. Hanlon, R.E., Demery, J.A., Martinovich, Z., and Kelly, J.P. (1999). Effects of acute injury characteristics on neuropsychological status and vocational outcome following mild traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj. 13, 873-887. (Pubitemid 29504957)
25. Lovell, M.R., Iverson, G.L., Collins, M.W., McKeag, D., and Maroon, J.C. (1999). Does loss of consciousness predict neuropsychological decrements after concussion? Clin. J. Sport Med. 9, 193-198.
26. Gil, S., Caspi, Y., Ben-Ari, I.Z., Koren, D., and Klein, E. (2005). Does memory of a traumatic event increase the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with traumatic brain injury? A prospective study. Am. J. Psychiatry. 162, 963-969. (Pubitemid 40676210)
27. Wall, S.E., Williams, W.H., Cartwright-Hatton, S., Kelly, T.P., Murray, J., Murray, M., Owen, A., and Turner, M. (2006). Neuropsychological dysfunction following repeat concussions in jockeys. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 77, 518-520.
28. Guskiewicz, K.M., Marshall, S.W., Bailes, J., McCrea, M., Cantu, R.C., Randolph, C., and Jordan, B.D. (2005). Association between recurrent concussion and late-life cognitive impairment in retired professional football players. Neurosurgery 57, 719-726.
29. Guskiewicz, K.M., Marshall, S.W., Bailes, J., McCrea, M., Harding, H.P., Jr., Matthews, A., and Cantu, R.C. (2007). Recurrent concussion and risk of depression in retired professional football players. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 39, 903-909. (Pubitemid 46883459)