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From page 373...
... See Posttraumatic amnesia Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , 254–255 secondary studies, 254 summary and conclusion, 255 Animal studies, 104 Anxiety disorders, 281–289 primary studies, 281–283 secondary studies, 283–284 summary and conclusion, 284 B Behavioral Outcome of Head Injury, 134–136 Biology of traumatic brain injury, 19–57 basic mechanisms of explosive injuries, 31–41 classification according to biomechanics of injury, 27–28 classification according to extent of pathology, 25–27 pathobiology of traumatic brain injury, 19–25 severity scoring of blast injuries and traumatic brain injury, 41–45 summary of pathobiology of traumatic brain injury, 29 therapeutics and traumatic brain injury, 28–29 traumatic brain injuries relevant to the military, 30–31 Biomarkers, 25 Biomechanics of injury, 27–28 closed injury, 27–28 penetrating and perforating injuries, 28 Bipolar disorder, 269.
From page 374...
... See W.F. Caveness studies of Korean War veterans Classification according to biomechanics of injury, 27–28 closed injury, 27–28 penetrating and perforating injuries, 28 Classification according to extent of pathology, 25–27 pathologic features of diffuse traumatic brain injury, 26–27 pathologic features of focal traumatic brain injury, 25–26 Cohort studies, 117–172 Bryant and Harvey studies, 133–134, 155–156 general limitations of, 117–118 Jennett (Oxford, Rotterdam, Cardiff, and Manchester)
From page 375...
... See also Postconcussion symptoms Dose-response relationships, in inferring causality, 107–108 Drug and alcohol abuse disorders, 291 secondary studies, 291 summary and conclusions, 293 Dynamic loading, 27–28 E E.A. Walker's studies of head-injured veterans from World War I, 119, 143 from World War II, 119–121, 144–145 Endocrine disorders, 227–236 diabetes insipidus, 231 growth hormone insufficiency, 231–232 hypopituitarism, 231 primary studies, 227–230 secondary studies, 230–231 summary and conclusions, 231–232 Epidemiologic studies, 105 Epidemiology of adult traumatic brain injury, 59–102 brain injury severity, 63–64 gross severity of traumatic brain injury, 59–60 incidence of traumatic brain injury, 61–63 outcome scores and predictors, 60 recurrent traumatic brain injury, 67–68 risk factors for traumatic brain injury, 64–67 scales and scoring systems used to describe traumatic brain injury, 59 summary, 69 traumatic brain injury and short-term outcomes, 68–69
From page 376...
... See also Endocrine disorders Gulf War and Health, previous volumes in series, 1–2, 13–14 H "Healthy-warrior effect," 109 Hematomas, 25–26 Hypopituitarism, 231. See also Endocrine disorders I Incidence of traumatic brain injury, 61–63 mortality, 62 prevalence, 62–63 time trends, 61–62 Inclusion criteria, 110–111 exposure assessment, 111 methodologic rigor, 111 outcome (health effect)
From page 377...
... , 45, Military studies, cohorts, 118–127 Finnish, 121, 145 of head-injured Bavarian World War I veterans, 119, 143 of head-injured World War II veterans, 119–121, 144–145 of Korean War veterans, 123, 147 Teuber's cohort, 121–122, 146 Vietnam Experience Study, 125–127, 150 Vietnam Head Injury Study (VHIS) , 124–125, 148–149 Millennium Cohort Study, 16 Mood disorders, 266–275 primary studies, 266–268 secondary studies, 268–269 summary and conclusion, 269 Mortality and traumatic brain injury, 333–349.
From page 378...
... , 1, 3, 13, 15, 30 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) , 1, 3, 13, 15, 30 Overpressure effects, on surrounding materials and unprotected persons, 32–33 P Parkinsonism, 246–250 primary studies, 246–247 secondary studies, 248 summary and conclusion, 248 Pathobiology of traumatic brain injury, 19–25
From page 379...
... See Mortality and traumatic brain injury Prevalence of traumatic brain injury (disability) , 62–63 Primary blast-induced neurotrauma, 37–40 clinical studies, 39–40 experimental studies, 37–39 Psychiatric outcomes, 265–300 aggressive behaviors, 289–291 anxiety disorders, 281–289 drug and alcohol abuse disorders, 291 mood disorders, 266–275 suicide, 276–280 Psychotic disorders, 292–296 primary studies, 292 secondary studies, 292 summary and conclusions, 293 Punch-drunk syndrome, 243
From page 380...
... See Traumatic Brain Injury Veterans Health Registry Registry control groups, recommendations concerning, 9, 371–373 Risk factors for traumatic brain injury, 64–67 external causes of traumatic brain injury, 66 military exposures, 66–67 Rochester Epidemiology Project, 127–128 S Scope of the report, 15 Scores, of outcomes, 59–60 Scoring of severity of blast-induced neurotrama, recommendations concerning, 7–8, 370 Seizure disorders, 197–209 primary studies, 197–200 secondary studies, 200–202 summary and conclusion, 202–203 Severity-of-injury index (SII) , 42 Severity of brain injury, 63–64 scoring of BINT, 45 scoring of blast injuries, 41–42 scoring of traumatic brain injury, 42–45 Short-term outcomes, traumatic brain injury and, 68–69 case-fatality rates, 68 disposition at the end of acute care, 69 Social functioning, 301–331 primary studies of civilian populations, 303–307 primary studies of military populations, 301–303 secondary studies, 307–314 summary and conclusions, 314–327 Social relationships, 310–311 Spallation, 32–33 Sports-related traumatic brain injury, 140–165, 183-186 boxing, 141–142, 165 football, 140–141, 164 soccer, 142 Standardized mortality studies, 109
From page 381...
... Caveness studies of Korean War veterans, 123, 147 World Health Organization, Collaborating Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 2, 14


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