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Traumatic brain injury during Operation Iraqi Freedom: findings from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma RegistryMichael R Galarneau
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
J Neurosurg 108:950-7. 2008....
Psychiatric diagnoses and treatment of U.S. military personnel while deployed to IraqKimberly J Schmitz
Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control, 34960 Bob Wilson Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92134, USA
Mil Med 177:380-9. 2012..Further examination of postdeployment health outcomes may help to facilitate the development of more effective acute intervention strategies in theater...
Prevalence and psychological correlates of traumatic brain injury in operation iraqi freedomAndrew J MacGregor
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California 92106, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 25:1-8. 2010..To describe the prevalence and psychological correlates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among injured male combatants in the Iraq conflict...
Psychological correlates of battle and nonbattle injury among Operation Iraqi Freedom veteransAndrew J MacGregor
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Mil Med 174:224-31. 2009..More research is needed to further define this relationship by examining potential mechanisms and addressing the possible contributing effect of combat exposure...
Injuries from combat explosions in Iraq: Injury type, location, and severitySusan L Eskridge
Department of Medical Modeling and Simulation, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, United States
Injury 43:1678-82. 2012..This study's objective was to determine the nature, body region, and severity of injuries caused by an explosion episode in male service personnel...
Repeated concussion among U.S. military personnel during Operation Iraqi FreedomAndrew J MacGregor
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Rd, San Diego, CA 92106 5122, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 48:1269-78. 2011..Further research is needed to define the effect of repeated concussions on the health of combat veterans...
Theater Mental Health Encounter Data (TMHED): overview of study design and methodsTerry L Conway
Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106 3521, USA
Mil Med 176:1243-52. 2011..TMHED provides an unprecedented opportunity to study early psychiatric intervention in a combat zone and prospectively examines postdeployment health and career outcomes...
Occupational correlates of low back pain among U.S. Marines following combat deploymentAndrew J MacGregor
Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106 3521, USA
Mil Med 177:845-9. 2012..Future studies should include detailed exposure histories to elucidate occupation-specific etiologies of LBP in order to guide prevention efforts...
Effect of dwell time on the mental health of US military personnel with multiple combat toursAndrew J MacGregor
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
Am J Public Health 102:S55-9. 2012..We investigated the association of the length of time spent at home between deployments, or dwell time, with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health disorders...
Morphine use after combat injury in Iraq and post-traumatic stress disorderTroy Lisa Holbrook
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106 3521, USA
N Engl J Med 362:110-7. 2010..Pharmacotherapy in the aftermath of serious physical injury or exposure to traumatic events may be effective for the secondary prevention of PTSD...
Injury-specific correlates of combat-related traumatic brain injury in Operation Iraqi FreedomAndrew J MacGregor
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California 92106, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 26:312-8. 2011..The aim of this study was to elucidate injury-specific correlates of combat-related TBI that have yet to be clearly defined...
Head, face, and neck injuries during Operation Iraqi Freedom II: results from the US Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma RegistryAmber L Wade
Health Research and Applied Technologies Division, Science Applications International Corporation, San Diego, California, USA
J Trauma 63:836-40. 2007..Head, face, and neck injuries (HFNIs) are an important source of combat mortality and morbidity. The objective of this study was to document the characteristics and causes of HFNIs during Operation Iraqi Freedom II...
Alcohol abuse disorders among U.S. service members with mild traumatic brain injuryKevin J Heltemes
Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
Mil Med 176:147-50. 2011..24; 95% confidence interval, 0.90, 1.70). To better define the consequences of MTBI, future research should include other alcohol dependency measures along with comorbid mental health disorders...
Use of recombinant factor VIIA for control of combat-related haemorrhageSusan I Woodruff
San Diego State University, School of Social Work, San Diego, USA
Emerg Med J 27:121-4. 2010..Recombinant activated human coagulation factor VII (rFVIIa), an intravascular strategy to promote clotting, is being used as an adjunct to surgical control of bleeding in combat trauma patients...
Cigarette smoking, body mass index, and physical fitness changes among male navy personnelCaroline A Macera
Warfighter Performance Department, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106 5122, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:965-71. 2011..This study examined self-reported smoking status and change in objectively measured fitness over 1-4 years while controlling for body mass index (BMI)...
Inpatient hospitalizations of U.S. military personnel medically evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat-related traumatic brain injuryKevin J Heltemes
Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
Mil Med 176:132-5. 2011..The rate of inpatient hospitalization with TBI was 10.4 per 10,000 troop strength (95% confidence interval: 9.9, 10.9). Future research should examine the incidence of TBI in-theater and include an analysis by injury severity...
Combat versus civilian open tibia fractures: the effect of blast mechanism on limb salvageJay J Doucet
University of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92103 8896, USA
J Trauma 70:1241-7. 2011..This study compares open tibia fractures in US Navy and US Marine Corps casualties from the current conflicts with those from a civilian Level I trauma center to analyze the effect of blast mechanism on limb-salvage rates...
Postdeployment symptom changes and traumatic brain injury and/or posttraumatic stress disorder in menCaroline A Macera
Warfighter Performance Department and Medical Modeling, Simulation and Mission Support Department, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 49:1197-208. 2012..Providers should recognize the late development of symptoms, consider the possibility of comorbidity, and be prepared to treat multiple symptoms rather than a specific diagnostic category...
Visual dysfunction following blast-related traumatic brain injury from the battlefieldAmber L Dougherty
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
Brain Inj 25:8-13. 2011..To assess the occurrence of ocular and visual disorders following blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Operation Iraqi Freedom...
Predeployment and in-theater diagnoses of American military personnel serving in IraqGerald E Larson
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California 92106, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:15-21. 2011..This purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and types of preexisting mental disorders among military personnel who received mental health services in an Iraqi war zone...
Injury-specific predictors of posttraumatic stress disorderAndrew J MacGregor
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
Injury 40:1004-10. 2009..The aim of this study was to characterise the relationship between injury-related factors and PTSD among a population of battle injuries...
Battlefield extremity injuries in Operation Iraqi FreedomAmber L Dougherty
Health Research and Applied Technologies Division, Science Applications International Corporation, San Diego, CA, United States
Injury 40:772-7. 2009..The aim of the present study was to describe patients with battlefield extremity injuries in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and to compare characteristics of extremity injury patients with other combat wounded...
Blast-related mild traumatic brain injury is associated with a decline in self-rated health amongst US military personnelKevin J Heltemes
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106, United States
Injury 43:1990-5. 2012..The secondary objective was to examine predictors of a decline in self-reported health status amongst US service members with MTBI, as compared to those service members with other minor non-TBI injuries...
Injuries sustained in noncombat motor vehicle accidents during Operation Iraqi FreedomAndrew J MacGregor
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Injury 43:1551-5. 2012..To examine injuries sustained in noncombat motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) during Operation Iraqi Freedom by injury type, site, and severity...
Postconcussive symptom reporting among US combat veterans with mild traumatic brain injury from Operation Iraqi FreedomAndrew J MacGregor
Department of Medical Modeling, Simulation and Mission Support, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 28:59-67. 2013..To examine the association between postconcussive symptoms and mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) among combat veterans while adjusting for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression...
Weight changes among male Navy personnel deployed to Iraq or Kuwait in 2005-2008Caroline A Macera
Warfighter Performance, Naval Health Research Center, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106 5122, USA
Mil Med 176:500-6. 2011..Future studies should explore the combined effects of long deployments and short dwell times in maintaining the readiness of military personnel...
The Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma RegistryMichael R Galarneau
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92186-5122, USA
Mil Med 171:691-7. 2006....
