Considerations in the aeromedical evacuation of a critically ill blast victim: lessons learned.

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：: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

abstract：:This study analyzed differences in baseline, course of treatment, and post-quit variables of participants in a tobacco-cessation program to identify factors predictive of outcome that could be used as a focus for intervention. The program offered a 10-week course of transdermal nicotine replacement combined with educa...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Faue M,Folen RA,James LC,Needels T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic insomnia is a common and debilitating disease that increases risk for significant morbidity and workplace difficulties. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line treatment, but there is a critical lack of behavioral health providers trained in CBT-I because, in part, of a ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Taylor DJ,Dietch JR,Pruiksma K,Calhoun CD,Milanak ME,Wardle-Pinkston S,Rheingold AA,Ruggiero KJ,Bunnell BE,Wilkerson AK

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary supplement use is common among military service members; approximately 17 to 20% report using high-risk weight-loss, performance-enhancing, and bodybuilding supplements. To date, no overarching policy or program has been approved or implemented to inform service members or educate health care providers on the ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gonsalves S,Stavinoha T,Hite L,Costa J,Dilly G,Deuster PA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical determinant of successful neck exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is the experience of the surgeon. Results of 17 patients treated surgically for HPT were reviewed to compare results at our medical center with results of large series reported from established national centers. Preoperative la...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Halow KD,Ford EG,Brietzke SA,Brickey DA,Foster JE 2nd

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Having a mentor is associated with higher job satisfaction among U.S. physicians. The objective of this study was to assess satisfaction among military medical officers and to assess if mentorship and job satisfaction are associated with intention to continue military service. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This i...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Song KH,Nguyen DR,Dietrich EJ,Powers JE,Barrett JP

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Veterans with mental illness tend to have shorter life spans and suboptimal physical health because of a variety of factors. These factors include poor nutrition, being overweight, and smoking cigarettes. Nonphysical contributors that may affect quality of life are the stigma associated with mental illness...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Tessier JM,Erickson ZD,Meyer HB,Baker MR,Gelberg HA,Arnold IY,Kwan C,Chamberlin V,Rosen JA,Shah C,Hellemann G,Lewis MM,Nguyen C,Sachinvala N,Amrami B,Pierre JM,Ames D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the direction of the Army Surgeon General, the Army behavioral health consultants in psychiatry, psychology, and social work assembled in Washington, DC immediately after the September 11, 2001 attack to plan and implement a proactive behavioral health response to the Pentagon attack. The goal was to minimize the s...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hoge CW,Orman DT,Robichaux RJ,Crandell EO,Patterson VJ,Engel CC,Ritchie EC,Milliken CS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to overcome some of the difficulties encountered with transabdominal ultrasonography we report on 55 patients who underwent 88 transvaginally directed sonograms. In 24 patients in whom a diagnosis of an early intrauterine pregnancy was made, the mean crow-rump length (CRL) was 10.7 mm (range, 3 to 27). I...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Smith CV,Hoskins IA,Eglinton GS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two medical observers at various levels of medical training examined six patients for the presence or absence of scleral icterus in a double-blind survey. At a total serum bilirubin of 42.8 mmol/l (2.5 mg/dl) and 53.0 mmol/l (3.1 mg/dl), 58% (95% confidence interval [CI] 33-80%) and 68% (95% CI 46-85%) of examin...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ruiz MA,Saab S,Rickman LS

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The objective was to determine if the Mobile Device Outcomes-based Rehabilitation Program (MDORP) improved strength, mobility, and gait quality in service members (SMs) and Veterans with lower limb amputation (LLA). METHODS:Seven SMs and 10 Veterans with LLA enrolled and were trained to use a mobile senso...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gaunaurd I,Gailey R,Springer B,Symsack A,Clemens S,Lucarevic J,Kristal A,Bennett C,Isaacson B,Agrawal V,Applegate B,Pasquina P

更新日期：2020-01-07 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：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:The Department of Defense spends more than $50 million dollars a year on humanitarian assistance (HA) projects. Although the projects are perceived as beneficial, demonstrating sustainable long-term impact is not possible. METHODS:A seven-step monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process was adapted for this stu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Licina DJ,Schor K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking disproportionately affects veterans, particularly those with psychiatric diagnoses. Chaplains working within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) play key roles in emotional, physical, and spiritual health care of veterans, and veterans often turn to chaplains with mental health concerns. The VA/D...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Van Voorhees EE,Hamlett-Berry K,Christofferson DE,Beckham JC,Nieuwsma JA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deployed service members exposed to burn pit smoke can experience a multitude of symptoms. Respiratory symptoms after burn pit smoke exposure are well recognized, but neurologic symptoms are less well recognized. There are reports of migraines triggered by odors but no specific reports of new onset migraines...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Chalela JA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One thousand five hundred thirty-eight U.S. Navy and Marine Corps enlisted recruits were tested for hepatitis A, B, and C serologic markers. The recruit population (mean age, 19 years) was 91% male, 69% white, 17% black, 9% Hispanic, 2% Filipino, and 2% "other" racial/ethnic group. Anti-HAV was found in 129 (8.4%) rec...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hyams KC,Struewing JP,Gray GC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, observational studies analyzing prehospital blood product transfusions (PHT) for trauma have become more widespread in both military and civilian communities. Due to these studies' non-random treatment assignment, propensity score (PS) methodologies are often used to determine an intervention's effectiveness...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Greene TJ,DeSantis SM,Fox EE,Wade CE,Holcomb JB,Swartz MD

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Heat stroke is a rare clinical phenomenon, characterized by systemic heat and cytokine-induced organ damage. Permanent neurological deficits rarely develop following heat strokes, and cerebellar dysfunction predominates among these rare cases. We report a case of severe heat stroke with recovery from severe multiorgan...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rav-Acha M,Shuvy M,Hagag S,Gomori M,Biran I

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since opening the Air Force's first in-hospital birth center, the United States Air Force Academy Hospital has followed a policy of 24-hour discharge of mothers and babies--a major paradigm shift in traditional military treatment facility practice. This study was conducted to evaluate this change. Records were reviewe...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rhodes MK

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On May 19 to 21, 2010, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences cosponsored an educational symposium on Assessing Potentially Hazardous Environmental Exposures among Military Populations. The meeting provided an opportunity for stakeholders and policy makers ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Riddle M,Lyles M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) affect primarily young people (17-24 years). The U.S. Military, with many young people, strives to maintain effective STD treatment and prevention programs using current methods. Laboratory testing technology and capacity are important for appropriate clinical management...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Leamer NK,Jordan NN,Pacha LA,Latif NH,Garges EC,Gaydos JC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists over the use of atrioventricular synchronous pacing for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who are refractory to medical treatment. We present the case of an elderly man with severe-effort dyspnea attributable to hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy with dynamic aortic outflo...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wicks AB,Stajduhar K,Mascette A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying potential modifiable determinants of functional movement ability and fatigue may inform efforts to maintain constant physical readiness, especially in active duty military over 40 years of age, who are largely sedentary throughout their work day. The primary aim of this study was to determine the associati...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kennedy-Armbruster C,Evans EM,Sexauer L,Peterson J,Wyatt W

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Military commanders frequently mention that communicating difficult or taboo information is especially challenging. In the context of gender-integrated ground combat service there may be additional communication challenges for military commanders who may be unaccustomed to leading both men and women. Often, military c...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Moosey M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of long-distance running events are held each year in the United States; the Army Ten Miler (ATM) is one such race held annually in Washington, DC. The purpose of the present study was to retrospectively analyze medical encounters for runners participating in the ATM from 1998 to 2004. Of the estimated 91,750...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pasquina PF,Griffin SC,Anderson-Barnes VC,Tsao JW,O'Connor FG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00