Jett Shirley
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, USA.
Nurs Forum. 2010 Oct-Dec;45(4):237-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2010.00195.x.
The purpose of this article is to raise nurses' awareness of the significance and potential public health impact of combat-related blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT) in U.S. troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. A comprehensive review of the current literature on BINT was completed by the author, based primarily on combat-related blast exposure in the military population. She found that it is necessary to theorize about potential etiologies for mild traumatic brain injury in the military population since the literature suggests that neurological and psychological trauma resulting from military duty may be linked to exposure to blasts. Identification of potential risk factors for BINT in the military population provides direction for scientific inquiry into this emerging phenomenon. Gaps in current knowledge and its health implications for future scientific study in nursing are presented.
本文旨在提高护士对从阿富汗和伊拉克回国的美军中与战斗相关的爆炸所致神经创伤（BINT）的重要性及潜在公共卫生影响的认识。作者主要基于军事人群中与战斗相关的爆炸暴露情况，对当前有关BINT的文献进行了全面综述。她发现，鉴于文献表明军事任务导致的神经和心理创伤可能与爆炸暴露有关，有必要对军事人群中轻度创伤性脑损伤的潜在病因进行理论探讨。确定军事人群中BINT的潜在风险因素为针对这一新兴现象的科学探究提供了方向。文中还指出了当前知识的空白及其对未来护理科学研究的健康影响。
