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Journal Article
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq
2008
Overview
In this survey of soldiers who served in Iraq, about 15% reported concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injuries (injuries resulting in brief loss of consciousness or confusion). Soldiers who had mild traumatic brain injuries were more likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder and physical health problems than were soldiers with other injuries.
In this survey of soldiers who served in Iraq, about 15% reported mild traumatic brain injuries. Soldiers who had mild traumatic brain injuries were more likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder and physical health problems than were soldiers with other injuries.
More than 1.5 million U.S. military personnel have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since the start of military operations in 2001. Because of improved protective equipment, a higher percentage of soldiers are surviving injuries that would have been fatal in previous wars.
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Head and neck injuries, including severe brain trauma, have been reported in one quarter of service members who have been evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Concern has been emerging about the possible long-term effect of mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, characterized by brief loss of consciousness or altered mental status, as a result of deployment-related head . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Subject
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Blast Injuries - complications
/ Brain Injuries - complications
/ Brain Injuries - epidemiology
/ Consciousness Disorders - complications
/ Consciousness Disorders - epidemiology
/ Depressive Disorder - complications
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
/ Male
/ Post-Concussion Syndrome - etiology
/ Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology
/ Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
/ Travel
