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Clinical Anthropology: An Application of Anthropological Concepts within Clinical Settings
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 99, Heft 2, S. 419-420
ISSN: 1548-1433
Clinical Anthropology: An Application of Anthropological Concepts within Clinical Settings. John A. Rush. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996. 293 pp.
Linguistic Anthropology: Chinese Patterns of Behavior: A Source‐book of Psychological and Psychiatric Studies. David Yau‐Fai Ho, John A. Spinks, and Cecilia Siu‐Hing Teung, eds
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 92, Heft 3, S. 790-791
ISSN: 1548-1433
Book Review: Professional Writing
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 62-63
Our Biggest Peacetime Army
In: Current History, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 373-376
ISSN: 1944-785X
First American Offensive a Success
In: Current History, Band 8_Part-2, Heft 1, S. 57-62
ISSN: 1944-785X
Collecting the edged weapons of Imperial Germany Vol. 1
In: Collecting the edged weapons of Imperial Germany Vol. 1
The Lost Battalion
In: The journal of the American Military History Foundation, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 98
A Retrospective Study of Predictors of Return to Duty versus Medical Retirement in an Active Duty Military Population with Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been described as the "signature injury" of the Global War on Terror. Explosive blast TBI has become a leading cause of injury as a result of the widespread use of improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan. We present a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with blast-related mild TBI (mTBI, N = 303) seen at the Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Center at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune. The objective was to predict outcomes of return to duty (RTD) vs. medical retirement via medical evaluation board (MEB), based on brain imaging, neuropsychological data, and history of mTBI. The motivation is to inform prognosis and target resources to improve outcomes for service members who are less likely to RTD through the standard treatment program. The RTD was defined operationally as individuals who completed treatment and were not recommended for medical retirement or separation for TBI or related sequelae. Higher scores on the Repeatable Battery for Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) test were associated positively with RTD (p = 0.001). A history of three or more lifetime concussions was associated negatively with RTD, when compared with one concussion (p = 0.04). Elevated apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the anterior corona radiata was associated negatively with RTD (p = 0.04). A logistic regression model was used to classify individuals with RBANS and imaging data (n = 81) as RTD or MEB according to RBANS, ADC, and a history of multiple (≥3) concussions. The RBANS (p = 0.003) and multiple concussions (p = 0.03) were significant terms in the logistic model, but ADC was not (p = 0.27). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.77 (95% confidence interval 0.66–0.86). These results suggest cognitive testing and TBI history might be used to identify service members who are more likely to be retired medically from active duty.
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