Osteoma of the mandibular condyle: report of a case with 5-year follow-up.

abstract：:This article describes Humanitarian Civic Action (HCA) activities performed by the Medical Element (MED EL) of Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras during 1988. The effort was designed to assist Honduras in nation building, to provide a maximal training experience for U.S. personnel, and enhance the image of the U.S. Wh...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hood CH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a process improvement methodology developed in the manufacturing industry to increase process efficiency while maintaining product quality. The efficacy of LSS application to the health care setting has not been adequately studied. This article presents a quality improvement project at the U.S....

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ha C,McCoy DA,Taylor CB,Kirk KD,Fry RS,Modi JR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the prevalence and sources of occupational stress for military personnel and the relationship between work stress and emotional health in the military population. METHODS:Four hundred seventy-two active duty military personnel stationed at F. E. Warren Air Force Base completed a 65-item s...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pflanz S,Sonnek S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A variety of factors influence the motivation to choose a medical career; however, the influence of premedical experiences on health professional trainees' choices is a neglected one. We hypothesize that medical exposure during service in the Israeli Air Force special operations forces (SOFs) has an impact...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Manor U,Allon R,Gan-Or H,Yahal O,Benov A,Chen J

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:AFR 35-11, dated 10 April 1985, included standards for physical fitness performance tests with the option of a 1.5-mile run or a 3-mile walk. Since that time, ANG units have begun initial physical fitness testing of all personnel. This program brought with it new responsibilities for ANG medical units including the sc...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Humphries TJ,Dietrick RF,Palan KM,Smith J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While providing health care in rural Bolivia, 349 children under 4 years old were seen. Height and weight were measured and demographic data obtained. The purpose was to describe the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated socioeconomic factors. The sample included Mataco Indians and Bolivians of European or of ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Blount BW,Krober MS,Gloyd SS,Kozakowski M,Casey L

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discharge diagnoses from October 1, 1987 to September 30, 1988 were analyzed to quantitate infection. Four hundred forty-nine (4.8%) of 9,290 discharges (excluding 1-day stays) were infections. Pneumonia, caused by all etiological agents, was responsible for 2.4% of the principal diagnoses. These data help define the ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Flournoy DJ,Belknap DC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It is important to monitor the use of optometric services by Veterans and consider the implications for other optometric and vision rehabilitation services. We did not find public health reports documenting the recent utilization of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) optometric eye exam services. METHOD...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fant G,Backus L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fixed wing aircraft are the primary means of deployment for designated U.S. contingency forces. The majority of logistical constraints medical units encounter during deployment (in support of contingency forces) are a direct result of limited airframes dedicated to their movement into an area of operations. The compet...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Porisch LA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is the first descriptive data on a large military Podiatry Clinic supporting largely combat troops. Data consist of initial podiatric problems of soldiers and other beneficiaries of podiatric care. Demographic, physician referral patterns, and other pertinent summarized survey information of outpatient utili...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Jones RO,Christenson CJ,Lednar WM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 600 Army and Navy physicians deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm was conducted to ascertain their concerns pertaining to the ethics of combat medicine and note any similarities with common ethical concerns in the peacetime practice of medicine. Despite expressed familiarity with the ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Carter BS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the predictors for students' success in the 882d Training Group's (Air Force School of Health Care Sciences) allied health courses at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Correlation and regression analyses provided many predictors of students' success. From these predictors, the researchers ascertained...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Porter RD,Buckingham RS,Vroonland JE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Civil war prisoners of war fared badly. But there was one extraordinary wartime development that promoted the humane treatment of captive enemy soldiers. Beginning in June 1862, Union and Confederate authorities regarded medical officers as non-combatants. Largely attributable to the initiative of Hunter Holmes McGuir...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Breeden JO

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little research on whether the transient nature of the military family contributes to transition difficulty to parenthood or to the type of social supports utilized. Data were collected by mailed survey from a convenience sample of military and civilian mothers at 3 months after delivery. No significant diffe...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Splonskowski JM,Twiss JJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines how the U.S. Army came to adopt the physical profile. In 1945, the Army adopted the physical profile system that has, with some changes, survived to this day. Although the profile system does not always work smoothly, it replaced a system that was failing completely to deliver physically fit men ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Marble S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Army active and reserve component personnel must be ready for rapid mobilization as world conflicts increase in number and intensity. Department of Defense civilian employees also need to be available to work long hours to maintain troop support. Healthy lifestyles are key to the physical and mental readiness demanded...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wynd CA,Bonnefil C,Harris JS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluid intake during military training is prescribed based on the interactions among work rates, environmental conditions, and uniform configurations. The efficacy of this guidance has not been empirically assessed in over a decade. To determine the acceptability of the fluid intake guidance, sweat losses wer...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Luippold AJ,Charkoudian N,Kenefick RW,Montain SJ,Lee JKW,Teo YS,Cheuvront SN

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Unit watch over suicidal patients by nonmedical soldiers is often necessary in a deployed environment, but this strategy's risks may outweigh its benefits in a garrison environment. This case study illustrates risks of unit watches that are difficult for medical personnel to effectively mitigate. The suicidal soldier ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Brown CS,Sheridan RJ Jr

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trauma disclosure is the initial step toward healing trauma-related distress. This study used qualitative methods to better understand factors facilitating and inhibiting change in the disclosure process. Fifty-six veterans were interviewed about their disclosure experiences between August 2004 and 2005. Emerging them...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Jeffreys MD,Leibowitz RQ,Finley E,Arar N

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of suicides among U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy recruits from 1980 through 2004. METHODS:Recruit suicides were identified through the Department of Defense Recruit Mortality Registry. We calculated crude, category-specific, and age-adj...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Scoville SL,Gubata ME,Potter RN,White MJ,Pearse LA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little data are available to commanders regarding gynecological problems encountered by a large female population in a combat zone for extended periods of time. The 312th Evacuation Hospital supported Operation Desert Storm, treating over 12,000 patients. Of these, 577 were treated by the gynecological service. O...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hanna JH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Volunteering as a health promotion intervention is positively related to improved health and well-being in civilians and older adults. Yet, the impacts of participating in a community-based volunteering program on returning military veterans have not been studied, nor have the outcomes for veterans who hav...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lawrence KA,Matthieu MM,Robertson-Blackmore E

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are associated with increased length of hospital stays, poor patient outcomes, and increased health care costs making prevention of SSI a high priority for the U.S. Military Health Care System. The focus of this project was to develop and pilot a pre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Scallan RM,Gerathy S,Price J,Lazarus AM,Metter EJ,Talbot LA

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a growing component of medicine within the U.S. civilian and military populations. Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) Family Medicine Clinic represents an overseas medical facility stationed among a diverse ethnic population. The impact that local cultures have...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kent JB,Oh RC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several important questions are addressed herein. What is graduate medical education (GME), and what is research? What is the history of the association between GME and research? Why is research required for GME? What research is required for GME? How will health care reform affect GME and biomedical research? How muc...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lamiell JM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report of a patient who prematurely terminated two previous magnetic resonance imaging procedures because of his highly claustrophobic condition. The patient was induced into a hypnotic trance twice before his third magnetic resonance imaging examination and he was given posthypnotic suggestions for dec...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Simon EP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interventions that encourage good nutrition-related behaviors in the dining environment can potentially influence the health of large numbers of military personnel. Thus, the Army has studied the effectiveness of implementing nutrition education and dining facility (DFAC) changes that included healthier re...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Armstrong NJ,Serrano EE,Cole RE,Bukhari AS,Jayne JM

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of splenic infarction/sequestration in sickle cell trait (SCT) patients are presented. All four patients were undergoing moderate exercise at elevations ranging from 5,500 to 12,000 feet. The patients include two African-American males, a Hispanic male, and a white female. All four presented with the acute ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Franklin QJ,Compeggie M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetrating trauma is frequently encountered in forward deployed military combat hospitals. Abdominal blast injuries represent nearly 11% of combat injuries, and multiplanar computed tomography imaging is optimal for injury assessment and surgical planning. We describe a multiplanar approach to assessment of blast and...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fischer TV,Folio LR,Backus CE,Bunger R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00