Surveillance for enteric parasites among U.S. military personnel and civilian staff on Joint Task Force Base-Bravo in Soto Cano, Honduras and the local population in Comayagua and La Paz, Honduras.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Soldier deployment can create a stressful environment for U.S. Army families with young children. Prior research has identified elevated rates of child maltreatment in the 6 months immediately following a soldier's return home from deployment. In this study, we longitudinally examine how other child- and fami...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Strane D,Lynch KG,Griffis HM,Taylor CM,Harb GC,Mi L,Song L,French B,Rubin DM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a type IV hypersensitivity reaction causing oral stomatitis, presumed to be the result of common dental adhesives. The case was diagnosed using patch testing to the dental adhesives that were used in the patient. Both of the adhesives tested contained a form of acrylate that is being seen more freq...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Peterson MR,Wong PH,Dickson SD,Coop CA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 2006 and 2012, the Department of Defense trained thousands of military mental health providers in the use of evidence-based treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. Most providers were trained in multiday workshops that focused on the use of Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure. This study...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Borah EV,Wright EC,Donahue DA,Cedillos EM,Riggs DS,Isler WC,Peterson AL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromedical (AM) evacuation of trauma victims from action is an integral part of trauma care. The Israeli Air Force Rescue and Evacuation Unit is responsible for nearly all AM evacuations in Israel. We present three recent cases, within 1 year of operation, of engagement process failure during evacuations performed by...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Schwartz D,Marmor MT,Geftler A,Barenboim E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A cuffed bag valve mask (BVM) is the most common device used by emergency medical responders to ventilate patients. The BVM can be difficult for users to seal around the patient's mouth and nose. An intraoral mask (IOM) with snorkel-like design may facilitate quicker and better ventilation particularly under...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： McCrory B,Lowndes BR,Thompson DL,Wadman MC,Sztajnkrycer MD,Walker R,Lomneth CS,Hallbeck MS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of any secondary prevention effort in identifying those in need for further services depends on the primary care team following all positive screening results with additional assessment or intervention. Initial research suggests possible differences in primary care responses to positive screens for hazardo...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Funderburk JS,Possemato K,Maisto SA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of opioids has increased drastically over the past few years and decades. As a result, concerns have mounted over serious outcomes associated with chronic opioid use (COU), including dependency and death. A greater understanding of the factors that are associated with COU will be critical if prescr...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Nelson DA,Bjarnadóttir MV,Wolcott VL,Agarwal R

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each time a deployed military member has an exacerbation of a pre-existing chronic disease there is a potential risk to mission success, individual health, and the safety of the unit. Currently, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nations employ different approaches to assessing an individual's ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Russell R,Reid A,Borgers G,Wassink H,Grove A,Niebuhr DW,North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intubation is a difficult skill under normal circumstances and more so with a limited visual field such as wearing a protective mask in a chemical or biological incident. This study sought to determine whether successful intubation using the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) under protective mask condit...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wedmore IS,Talbo TS,Cuenca PJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite significant efforts in suicide prevention over the past several years, suicide rates in the U.S. Army remain largely unchanged. This paper describes a collaborative effort between line-unit leaders, medical personnel, and installation services to synchronize suicide risk identification and communicat...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hoyt T,Repke DM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active duty military personnel and civilian government employees are at risk for exposure to a variety of pathogens as they meet their mission requirements throughout the world. When they present with a systemic disease, the clinician must entertain a broad differential diagnosis due to the multitude of infectious, ne...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Austad GT,Battafarano DF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to recent advances in the field of molecular biology, prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies was accomplished by direct analysis of the gene product(s) in samples obtained by fetoscopy or, more recently, percutaneous umbilical blood sampling. The use of the polymerase chain reaction enables quicker diagnosis t...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bombard AT,Bartholomew DW

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：Introduction:This is an empirical study to better understand commonly used medical school admission measures and disenrollment decisions during undergraduate medical education as well as graduate medical education (GME) probation or termination decisions. Materials and Methods:Based on the data of USUHS medical studen...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dong T,Gilliland WR,Cruess D,Hutchinson J,Morres L,Curtis J,Hewitt-Clarke GS,Durning SJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the U.S. Army, motor vehicle crashes (MVCs), both privately owned and military, are a leading cause of injury and death. Few studies have described the distribution and trends of MVCs among Army personnel, which may have been impacted by current military missions. This descriptive study of risk factors and select o...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rossen LM,Pollack KM,Canham-Chervak M,Canada S,Baker SP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports preliminary data on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence, as well as test psychometrics, among 35 cognitively intact veterans residing in long-term care settings. Participants received a traumatic event screening, the Mini-Mental Status Examination, Combat Exposure Scale (CE...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Cook JM,Elhai JD,Cassidy EL,Ruzek JI,Ram GD,Sheikh JI

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since January 2002, pre-deployment training of forward resuscitative and surgical units has taken place at the U.S. Army Trauma Training Center (ATTC) in Miami, FL. In June 2019, the 240th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team (FRST) conducted the first pre-deployment Surgical Readiness Training Exercise (SU...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Huh J,Brockmeyer JR,Bertsch SR,Vanderspurt C,Batig TS,Clemens M

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional postal survey was conducted to evaluate the health of a random sample of United Kingdom Armed Forces personnel who were deployed to the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf conflict compared with nondeployed controls and controls deployed to Bosnia. The health of service women was examined and compared with that o...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Unwin C,Hotopf M,Hull L,Ismail K,David A,Wessely S

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:The massive Department of Defense deployment in support of Hurricane Andrew relief cast the military medical departments in a new role. Military medical personnel were challenged to apply the traditional principles of combat medicine to a noncombat environment, within the continental United States, within an existing ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Holsenbeck LS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to common stressors, members of the U.S. Armed Forces experience a high level of stress unique to their status as service members. In an effort to combat stress, many military personnel report high levels of nicotine use. This study investigated the relationship between tobacco use and perceived stress amo...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Stein RJ,Pyle SA,Haddock CK,Poston WS,Bray R,Williams J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Military-connected youth are at increased risk for experiencing distinct psychosocial and behavioral health vulnerabilities. Although behavioral health interventions have been developed to treat vulnerabilities in military-connected youth, little is known about the methodological quality of studies evaluat...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Moore KD,Fairchild AJ,Wooten NR,Ng ZJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to compare three specialized treatment programs for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in different Veterans Affairs medical centers, in terms of the format of therapeutic services and the medications prescribed for PTSD. Chart review methods were used to examine medical recor...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dieperink M,Erbes C,Leskela J,Kaloupek D,Farrer MK,Fisher L,Wolf E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Musculoskeletal injuries are the most common cause for disability in deployed environments. Current research is limited to body region affected by the injury. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal diagnoses and mechanisms of injury (MOI) as well as associations to specific Military Occupa...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Roy TC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicidal ideation may be associated with all-cause mortality. Available research shows that treatment of depression reduces the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with suicidal ideation. However, this finding has not been replicated in a clinical population, where patients have various mental health conditions. W...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Shiner B,Riblet N,Westgate CL,Young-Xu Y,Watts BV

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to an apparent clustering of homicides at Fort Carson, Colorado, the U.S. Army Public Health Command (formerly the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine) Behavioral and Social Health Outcomes Program conducted a multidisciplinary epidemiologic consultation to identify factors contri...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Millikan AM,Bell MR,Gallaway MS,Lagana MT,Cox AL,Sweda MG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several biochemical tests are available to screen for heavy drinking in patients. Most of these (e.g., liver function tests and macrocytic volume) rise due to adverse effects of alcohol on organs or the organ's functions. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, however, seems to elevate because of the direct action of alc...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Allen JP

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dengue fever, caused by any of the four dengue viruses (DENV1-4), is endemic in more than 100 countries around the world. Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue virus. It is one of the most important arthropod-borne viral diseases. Dengue's global presence poses a medical threat to de...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Chen HW,Maldonado TD,Lee CR,Williams M,Defang GN,Ellison DW,Van De Wyngaerde M,Rooney CM,Wu SL

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes, from the perspective of Project HOPE volunteers, the precedent-setting, military-civilian partnership in staffing the USNS Mercy as part of the rapid response of the United States to the overwhelming devastation and loss of life resulting from the tsunami off the coast of Indonesia. The article...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Timboe HL,Holt GR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Military personnel risk injury due to accidents, disasters, and military threats during Phase Zero "shaping" operations. Medical facilities must be poised to respond. METHODS:The U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR) covers more than 50% of the earth's surface; relevant Clinical Practice...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Walker JJ,Stockinger ZT,Chinn CG

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00