Screening for Traumatic Brain Injury in Troops Returning From Deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq

Schwab, Karen; Ivins, Brian; Cramer, Gayle; Wayne Johnson, A.; Sluss-tiller, Melissa; Kiley, Kevin; E. Lux, Warren; L. Warden, Deborah

doi:10.1097/01.htr.0000300233.98242.87

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Screening for Traumatic Brain Injury in Troops Returning From Deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq

Published in Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation • Nov 1, 2007

Authors:

Karen Schwab

Brian Ivins

Gayle Cramer

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Preliminary assessment of a new instrument, the Brief Traumatic Brain Injury Screen (BTBIS). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of 596 soldiers returning from Iraq and/or Afghanistan, comparing the consistency of their reports of traumatic brain injury (TBI) across instruments with similar TBI...

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Traumatic brain injury

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Medicine

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