Cliniconeurological and Neuropsychological Aspects of Acute Period of Mild Cranial Brain Trauma Caused by Shock Wave

Purpose: to study the clinical, neurological, and psychological status of patients at acute period of mild cranial brain trauma caused by shock wave.Material: patients participated in fighting actions in the East of Ukraine, which were treated in neurological department of Military medical clinical centre of Northern region in 2015. Results: authors have revealed some symptoms of sensory disorders in the form of nonspecific sensomotor hemisyndrome and general analgesia.Conclusions: Mild closed cranial brain trauma, caused by shock wave, in its acute period has more severe course than in civilian traumas. The identified symptoms are the result of complex influence of shock wave on the central nervous system and nonspecific structures of brain that subsequently can lead to the vegetative nervous system's disorders and impairment of higher cortical (mental) functions, and also to adjustment disorders and social maladjustment.