Blast Exposure and Risk of Recurrent Occupational Overpressure Exposure Predict Deployment TBIs.

CONCLUSIONS: Blast exposure and ROPE were independently associated with mTBIs, and Marines with both blast exposure during deployment and ROPE were especially likely to sustain an mTBI. This suggests that ROPE heightens the risk of mTBI following blast. Ongoing research is examining the severity, symptomology, and sequelae of TBIs as a function of ROPE. PMID: 31665414 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31665414?dopt=Abstract

Source: Military Medicine - November 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research

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