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abstract：INTRODUCTION:We explore disparities in awarding post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) service-connected disability benefits (SCDB) to veterans based on gender, race/ethnicity, and misconduct separation. METHODS:Department of Defense data on service members who separated from October 1, 2001 to May 2017 were linked to ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Redd AM,Gundlapalli AV,Suo Y,Pettey WBP,Brignone E,Chin DL,Walker LE,Poltavskiy EA,Janak JC,Howard JT,Sosnov JA,Stewart IJ

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of relaxed asthma recruitment standards adopted by the Australian Defence Force in 2007. METHODS:A retrospective audit was conducted on clinical and administrative data for recruits, with and without mild asthma, in their first year of service. RESULTS:There was no evidence that mild as...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ireland R,Waller M,MacKenzie A,Peake J,Nasveld P

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired pneumonia can compromise readiness of recruits and service members operating in confined spaces. Often respiratory pathogens are implicated in outbreaks. In July 2008, 5 Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL students entering an intense period of training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado reported with c...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Coon RG,Balansay MS,Faix DJ,Hawksworth AW,Patterson MB,Blair PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulatory aspects of generic drug substitution and the scientific concepts that serve as the basis for generic drug approval are discussed, with emphasis on the source of therapeutic equivalence information compiled by the Food and Drug Administration in Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluat...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Henderson JD,White GL Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the assumptions underlying the Army's Weight Control Program (AWCP) and to determine whether overweight and normal-weight soldiers differed with respect to health risk, health status, self-motivation, psychological symptomatic distress, and physical fitness. The sample consiste...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Troumbley PF,Burman KD,Rinke WJ,Lenz ER

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BK virus nephropathy and cellular rejection are common causes of allograft dysfunction in renal transplant recipients. The two can be difficult to distinguish on allograft biopsy and can be present simultaneously. Management of the patient with coexistent BK infection and rejection is complicated by the conflicting id...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Boonyapredee M,Knight K,Little D

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the results of a survey distributed to military women within and outside the continental United States (CONUS and OCONUS) who had received prenatal care and delivered at one of six Army, Navy, or Air Force military facilities. This comparative descriptive study was undertaken to determine from th...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Sylvia BM,McMullen P,Levine E,Cruz FB,Gagnon DA,Malavakis TL,Williams LA,Schmelz J,Runzel A,Stevens V,Wootten A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neck pain among rotary-wing aviators has been established as an important issue in the military community, yet no U.S. Army regulation defines exactly what cervical spine range of motion (CROM) is adequate for flight. This lack of regulation leaves flight surgeons to subjectively determine whether an aviat...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Williams ST,Madison AM,Brozoski FT,Chancey VC

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Before 2011, Army commanders were unable to achieve complete visibility of soldiers possessing temporary medical limitations. The creation of time-limited definitions and technical categorization of this group, now known as the medically not ready (MNR) population, eventually allowed its quantification. With heightene...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Malish RG,Arnett AD,Place RJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Undergraduate and graduate medical education both have been reported to have high rates of depression, anxiety, and burnout as a result of the rigors of their educational curricula. Wellness, including physical fitness, is important to the profession because it may help mitigate these increased rates of de...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Macky D,Dong T,Torre D,Schreiber-Gregory D,Singaraju R,Durning SJ

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from a nationally representative survey, we evaluated the prevalence of multiple risk factors known to predict increased health care utilization and adverse health outcomes, comparing U.S. men who rely solely on the Veterans Affairs Health Administration (VA) for health care to men in the general population...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Larson RJ,Welch HG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study reviewed medical records of military personnel who had participated in a vision readiness study the previous year. The review evaluated (1) the number of personnel who returned for an eye examination (as recommended), (2) the number of dilated eye examinations, (3) the number of optical devices o...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Buckingham RS,McDuffie D,Whitwell K,Lee RB

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation assessed the extent to which various health factors are associated with difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep (DIMS) and nightmares among Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) veterans reporting a trauma (combat, noncombat, or a trauma before service). Veterans (N = 20...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gellis LA,Gehrman PR,Mavandadi S,Oslin DW

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results from a study undertaken to assess the smoking behavior of Greek warship personnel found that of the 274 participants, ages 19 to 38 years, 59.5% were current smokers who started the habit between the ages of 15 and 21 years. However, 33.1% of these current smokers started smoking after entering the Greek N...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Mazokopakis EE,Vlachonikolis IG,Lionis CD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To quantitatively measure tissue composition and hemodynamics during resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in two tissue compartments using non-invasive two-channel broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS). Methods:Tissue concentrations of oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin (HbO2 and Hb...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lam JH,O'Sullivan TD,Park TS,Choi JH,Warren RV,Chen WP,McLaren CE,Cancio LC,Batchinsky AI,Tromberg BJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three time frames were studied during the 54-year history of the Golden Gate Bridge from 1937 to 1991. During that period of time, there were 918 documented jumps from this majestic structure to the water 250 feet below. The last 15 years provided us with 297 consecutive patients, all brought to one institution, which...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lafave M,LaPorta AJ,Hutton J,Mallory PL 2nd

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D insufficiency remains a costly pandemic in veterans. Treatment requires achievement of desired 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations. The frequency with which 25(OH)D should be measured following treatment remains speculative. A retrospective analysis of veterans with vitamin D insufficiency was condu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Peiris AN,Bailey BA,Manning T,Adebonojo L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Military Health Services System (MHSS) is undergoing major modifications brought about by the Department of Defense health care reform program (TRICARE), a dynamic, multi-dimensional reform initiative affecting health care delivery to eligible beneficiaries. Military managers of the MHSS are currently being impact...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Texidor MS,Lamar SR,Roberts BJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have evaluated high altitude headache (HAH) and acute mountain sickness (AMS) in military populations training at moderate (1,500-2,500 m) to high altitudes (>2,500 m). In the current study, researchers interviewed active duty personnel training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center. Participant...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Norris JN,Viirre E,Aralis H,Sracic MK,Thomas D,Gertsch JH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrodesis is a surgical procedure that results in fusion of the joint and bony ankylosis. With this operation, we can achieve satisfactory function of the limb in cases in which options for different treatments no longer exist. Severe joint destruction, joint infections, and nonunions, as well as complex war injurie...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bilic R,Kolundzic R,Bicanic G,Korzinek K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National smoking cessation guidelines include recommended strategies for providers and health care organizations, but they offer little guidance on how to structure care. We conducted a cross-sectional survey at 40 Veterans Health Administration facilities, to describe the structure of smoking cessation care, to asses...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Sherman SE,Joseph AM,Yano EM,Simon BF,Arikian N,Rubenstein LV,Parkerton P,Mittman BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Emergency department (ED) utilization represents an expensive and growing means of accessing care for a variety of conditions. Prior studies have characterized ED utilization in the general population. We aim to identify the clinical conditions that drive ED utilization in a universally insured population ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dalton MK,Andriotti T,Matsas B,Chaudhary MA,Tilley L,Lipsitz S,Learn PA,Schoenfeld AJ,Jarman MP,Goralnick E

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Meals ready to eat (MRE) have undergone many revisions of their origins in the trench ration from World War I. The MRE was implemented in 1980. Its design allows extended storage and easy, safe meal preparation. MRE sodium content varies by meal and may range from 1.6 g/meal to 2.3 g/meal. The average MRE contains 1,2...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Feagans JM,Jahann DA,Barkin JS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of mysterious skin lesions on multiple personnel at several military facilities were initially blamed on spiders. Requests were made for pest inspection and control to remedy the situation. Greater scrutiny of the situation led to a hypothesis that instead of spiders, an infectious outbreak of communi...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pagac BB,Reiland RW,Bolesh DT,Swanson DL

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. military was actively involved in humanitarian aid throughout the world for much of the 20th century and is likely to continue in this role well into the 21st century. During the recent Western Pacific Deployment, we were called on to provide assistance to the local population in East Timor in what is called ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Won E,Ancona M,Carrigan K,Laverty B,Rhee P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Defense Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer Research Project has offered genetic counseling and testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 on a research basis to patients meeting specific diagnostic criteria, with risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations calculated based on the Couch model. In 2.5 years, 250 patients were eva...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fries MH,Holt C,Carpenter I,Carter CL,Daniels J,Flanagan J,Murphy K,Hailey BJ,Martin L,Hume R,Hudson G,Cadman M,Weatherly R,Nunes ME

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the War in Croatia from 1991 to 1992, we conducted an epidemiological study of the most frequent skin changes on the feet of 1,702 Croatian soldiers stationed in trenches and exposed to direct war activities. We saw significant increases in dermatomycosis, hyperhydrosis, and mechanical injury to the skin of the...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Biljan D,Pavić R,Situm M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of human ehrlichiosis (caused by infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis) is presented. The patient was a female Naval Academy midshipman with a 26-day history of daily field training with the U.S. Marines near Quantico, Virginia. She presented with a several-day history of myalgias, fever, and frontal headache. D...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rooney TB,McGue TE,Delahanty KC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Army Special Forces Medic, Military Occupational Specialty 18D, is a unique, enlisted, medical asset. The training of the 18D is demanding, lengthy, and selective. The 18D is trained to independently assess, and provide acute and long-term medical care for, a variety of medical conditions in support of the Sp...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Moloff AL,Bettencourt B

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health problems are a well-known consequence of combat exposure, and the problem of barriers to receiving mental health care for veterans is well known. The current heavy reliance on reserve component soldiers may aggravate this problem. This study tries to characterize problems with access to mental health car...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Avery GH,Wadsworth SM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00