Blast-related mild traumatic brain injury in the acute phase: Acute stress reactions partially mediate the relationship between loss of consciousness and symptoms

Brain Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1052-1062

  Norris, Jacob N ^a   Sams, Richard ^b   Lundblad, Peter ^c   Frantz, Earl ^d   Harris, Erica ^e  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Kings Bay Naval Branch Health Clinic   (United States)

^c Naval Hospital Bremerton   (United States)

^d Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Blast injury; Combat; Loss of consciousness; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCUSSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HEARING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84901830310     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.891761     Document Type: Article

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