Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury: Symptoms & Treatment
2024年8月6日 · In this article, you will learn more about blast-induced traumatic brain injuries and what to do if you or a loved one experiences one. What Is a Blast Injury? A blast-induced traumatic brain injury is caused by a complex pressure wave generated by an explosion.
Primary Blast Injury of the Brain - Veterans Affairs
2022年10月3日 · Blast injuries to the brain can produce a wide range of symptoms; affected people can experience difficulties with sleep and problems with vision, thinking, hearing, and other sensory issues. About 20% of Veterans cared for in VA report blast exposure.
Blast Brain Injury: Impact, Diagnosis, and Treatment
2024年9月30日 · Blast brain injury, also known as blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI), is a unique form of brain trauma that occurs when an individual is exposed to the intense pressure waves generated by an explosion.
Blast Injuries and Blast-Induced Neurotrauma - Brain …
Blast injuries are characterized by interwoven mechanisms of systemic, local, and cerebral responses to blast exposure (Cernak, 2010). When a blast generated by explosion strikes a living body, part of the shock wave is reflected and another fraction is absorbed becoming a tissue-transmitted shock wave.
Military Service members are under additional, unique threats such as exposure to explosive blast and its unique effects on the body. This review is aimed toward TBI researchers, as it covers important concepts and considerations for studying blast-induced head trauma.
Understanding blast-induced neurotrauma: how far have we come?
Since the explosive environment determines the type and severity of blast injuries, and blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT) is an integral part of a blast injury, understanding BINT is possible only if we grasp essential knowledge on explosives, blast physics and blast–body interactions.
Blast Injuries and the Brain - BrainLine
2010年12月13日 · There are four basic mechanisms of blast injuries. They are classified as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quarternary. Primary blast injury is the explosion itself, which is an atmospheric pressure that hits the individual and pushes on all of the organs of the body.
Blast-related traumatic brain injury - The Lancet Neurology
2013年7月22日 · A bomb blast may cause the full severity range of traumatic brain injury (TBI), from mild concussion to severe, penetrating injury. The pathophysiology of blast-related TBI is distinctive, with injury magnitude dependent on several factors, including blast energy and distance from the blast epicentre.
Blast Injuries | New England Journal of Medicine
2024年12月11日 · Exposure to blast can lead to a range of neurologic consequences, referred to as the blast-induced traumatic brain injury (also called bTBI). 3,8 Blast concussion or “shell shock” is the ...
Blast Injury - BrainLine
Blast injuries are divided into four classes: Primary blast injuries are caused by the blast's shock wave traveling through the body. Secondary blast injuries are caused by shrapnel and other flying debris hitting the body.