Traumatic brain injury during Operation Iraqi Freedom: findings from the United States Navy–Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to characterize traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among military personnel (primarily Marines) during the second phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom from early in the medical care chain of evacuation through Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a Level 4 American hospital in Germany.

Document Details

• Document Type: Pub Defense Publication
• Publication Date: May 01, 2008
• Source ID: 10.3171/jns/2008/108/5/0950

Entities

People

• Amber L. Wade
• Charlene R. Mohrle
• Judy L. Dye
• Michael R. Galarneau
• Susan I. Woodruff

Organizations

• Naval Health Research Center
• Science Applications International Corporation

Tags

Fields of Study

• Medicine

Readers

• Medical or Health Care Field.
• Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Cognitive Aging in the Guam and Border Populations Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Tau-Associated Dementias.