Effect of concussion and blast exposure on symptoms after military deployment

Conclusions:
There appears to be a continuum of increasing total symptoms from no exposure to blast exposure plus both current deployment concussion and past concussion. Concussion had a greater influence than blast exposure alone on the presence of postdeployment symptoms. A high blast injury score can be used to triage those exposed to explosive blasts for evaluation.

Source: Neurology - November 6, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tsao, J. W., Stentz, L. A., Rouhanian, M., Howard, R. S., Perry, B. N., Haran, F. J., Pasquina, P. F., Wolde, M., Taylor, C. E., Lizardo, R., Liu, S., Flores, E., Creason, A. H., Sher, K. Tags: Brain trauma ARTICLE Source Type: research