Format:
1 Online-Ressource (165 p)
ISBN:
9781634856348
Series Statement:
Military and Veteran Issues
Content:
Contents -- Preface -- Report to Congress on Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Understanding the Public Health Problem Among Current and Former Military Personnel* -- Preface -- Goals of the Report -- Members of the Leadership Panel -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- National Institutes of Health -- Department of Defense -- Department of Veterans Affairs -- Senior Editor -- Editors -- Contributors -- Executive Summary -- Background and Key Findings -- Recommendations -- I. Introduction -- Definition of TBI -- II. Pathophysiology and Mechanisms -- Primary Injury
Content:
Secondary Injury -- Focal and Diffuse Injury -- Closed: Impact and Acceleration/Deceleration -- Penetrating Injury -- Blast Injury -- Research Relevant to Active Duty Personnel and Veterans -- Research Programs Related to Active Duty Personnel -- Research Programs Related to Veterans -- III. Diagnosis -- Pre-Deployment Neurocognitive Baseline Testing -- In-Theater Screening -- Post-Deployment -- VA Clinical Screening and Diagnosis Tools -- Civilian Clinical Screening and Diagnosis Tools -- Clinical Presentation/Symptoms -- Severity -- IV. Treatment -- Acute Care -- Long-Term Care
Content:
VA's Vet Centers -- VA's Polytrauma System of Care -- Care in the Civilian Health System -- Guidelines and Best Practices in Civilian Healthcare Systems -- Rehabilitation -- V. Prognosis and Recovery -- Recovery from TBI -- Post-Concussive Syndrome (PCS) -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Long-Term Health Outcomes or Disability -- Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease Following TBI -- VI. Surveillance -- Case Definition Background -- Conceptual and Operational Definitions -- Clinical Case Definition -- Clinical Case Definition -- Definition of TBI based on ICD Diagnostic Coding
Content:
TBI Morbidity -- TBI Mortality -- Case Ascertainment by Severity -- Mild TBI -- TBI-Related Disability -- Data Sources -- Civilian -- Department of Defense -- Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) -- Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) -- Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS) -- Blast Tracker Program (BTP) -- VA -- VA TBI Screening and Evaluation Program -- VA TBI Health Registry -- Challenges/Limitations -- VII. Epidemiology -- Incidence: Traumatic Brain Injury -- Prevalence: Traumatic Brain Injury -- Active Duty Military Personnel -- Veteran Population -- Civilian Population
Content:
The Economic Costs of TBI -- Estimating the Cost of TBI -- VIII. Prevention -- Preventing TBI -- Preventing TBI Associated with Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes -- Preventing TBI Associated with Falls -- Preventing TBI Caused by Striking or Being Struck -- Preventing TBI Associated with Intentional Injury -- Prevention of Secondary Brain Injury -- IX. Recommendations -- General Recommendations -- Recommendations to Improve TBI Diagnosis and Treatment -- Military Health System -- VA Health System -- Civilian Health System -- Methodological Concerns and Research Priorities
Content:
Recommendations to Improve TBI Surveillance
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
9781634856355
Additional Edition:
9781634856348
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wagner, Ralph Traumatic Brain Injury Among Military Personnel: Overview and Recommendations Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,c2016 9781634856348
Language:
English
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