Orthopedic surgery in the United States Army: a historical review.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine substance use and mental health issues among U.S. military personnel. METHODS:Data were from the 2008 (and before) population-based Department of Defense Health Related Behavior Surveys. The sample size for the 2008 survey was 28,546 (70.6% response rate). RESULTS:Analyses examined substance use, st...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bray RM,Pemberton MR,Lane ME,Hourani LL,Mattiko MJ,Babeu LA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A new training and rehabilitation methodology called Sanomechanics® is presented based on a recent discovery of the anatomical system called Floating Skeleton System (FSS) responsible for redistributing contact pressures in the joint capsules and thus minimizing the loads on joint cartilages. MATERIALS AND ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pitkin M

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In March-May 1988, we collected data on enrollment of 1,445 Army families with grade school children in the Active Duty Dependents Dental Insurance Plan at two Army posts. We also surveyed their reactions to the plan. Results show that, although nearly two-thirds of families are enrolled in the plan, most consider the...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Chisick MC,Guerin RD,Williams TR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal was to assess the prevalence of prescribed and nonprescribed medicine use, use predictors, and origin of medicines for Finnish female conscripts during their voluntary military service. METHODS:An anonymous mail survey was conducted in April 1999 among all Finnish female conscripts on duty. RESULTS...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Linden K,Jormanainen V,Pietilä K,Sahi T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the risk to hearing health associated with duty on the flight deck of a Nimitz class aircraft carrier. Descriptive data includes time-weighted average noise exposure and an evaluation of temporary threshold shift for a group of nonaviator flight deck personnel (FD), and a comparison of accrued per...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rovig GW,Bohnker BK,Page JC

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Many studies have shown that community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMRSA) is a very prevalent organism. However, no data have been published to date with regard to CAMRSA prevalence in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) of a military medical facility. Our obj...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dufresne GW,Wells RD,Pfaff JA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Army vision standards have varied little from Aviation's nominal birth. On the basis of classic Snellen acuity, we simply cannot predict threshold skill levels of any one individual(s). A growing number of Army Flight Surgeons, clinicians, and vision scientists have argued for the inclusion of contrast acuit...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lattimore MR

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined predictors of smoking relapse in the year after the mandatory smoking ban during basic military training (BMT) in the U.S. Air Force. Participants were all smokers who completed BMT from August 1995 to August 1996 and relapsed to smoking in the subsequent year (N = 4,303). Results demonstrated that...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Haddock CK,O'Byrne KK,Klesges RC,Talcott W,Lando H,Peterson AL

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a woman presenting with an acute tension pneumothorax during a Navy humanitarian mission in East Timor is presented. The patient was treated at a local rural clinic run by our medical team. Prompt insertion of a chest tube saved the woman's life; however, there were no chest tube drains available. A field ch...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Vinson ED

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:I visited Afghanistan during the recent conflict. The conditions were primitive, and all patients with major injuries died in the field. Those who could make the 2 to 3 week trip over the mountains to Pakistan received only basic medical care at best. Without air superiority and helicopter evacuation, this could be th...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： LaTourette G

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent pregnancy is a significant public health problem in the United States, but little is known about this condition in military-affiliated populations. This article reviews what is known about adolescent pregnancy among (1) dependent children of active duty and retired personnel and (2) active duty military per...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Klein DA,Adelman WP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anorectal diseases, among the most common surgical conditions, are underrepresented in medical training. The Fundamentals of Anorectal Technical Skills course was developed to provide cost-effective formal training in diagnosis of common anorectal conditions and in commonly performed anorectal procedures u...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kucera WB,Nealeigh MD,Dyke C,Ritter EM,Artino AR,Durning SJ,Sweeney WB

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, patients with acute renal failure as a result of crush syndrome after the Marmara earthquake were evaluated retrospectively. Six hundred thirty injured patients were evaluated after the Marmara earthquake at Gülhane Military Medical Academy. Acute renal failure in association with crush syndrome develop...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Poçan S,Ozkan S,Us MH,Cakir O,Gökben M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to evaluate breast imaging in the Wilford Hall Medical Center, the largest medical facility in the U.S. Air Force, from the time period of October 1997 to October 2000, in comparison with its civilian counterparts. The results demonstrate that although Wilford Hall Medical Center br...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gan FY,Wettlaufer JR,Lundell AL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For more than a decade, primary care residency training programs have struggled to attract graduates of U.S. medical schools. Internal medicine (IM) interest groups (IMIGs) have been widely instituted to foster student interest in careers in IM. Residents can participate in many IMIG activities. Studies have...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Durning SJ,Dorrance K,Denton D,Poremba J,Roy M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the goals of the 1999 International Conference on Low-Level Radiation Injury and Medical Countermeasures was to review current and anticipated capabilities for measuring the quantity and quality of radiation exposures using personal dosimetry systems, fieldable spectroscopy equipment, and modeling strategies. T...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Naquin TD,Dhermain J,Kearsley EE,Caswell RS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 2016 and April 2017, two cases of invasive Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections were reported at a Canadian military training facility. An outbreak was declared and a field investigation was launched to characterize the outbreak and identify associated risk factors to limit transmission. Throat cult...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hammond-Collins K,Strauss B,Barnes K,Demczuk W,Domingo MC,Lamontagne MC,Lu D,Martin I,Tepper M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gingival diseases are the most widely dispersed diseases in the United States. In some patients, periodontal disease appears in a generalized form, but more often it appears in localized areas. Furthermore, after treatment with scaling and root planing in generalized cases, the disease is often reduced to a few local ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Norkiewicz DS,Breault LG,Wonderlich ST,Malone KH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythema multiforme and Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis are immune-mediated epidermal conditions with variable clinical presentations. Although their clinical presentations often overlap, they have distinct etiologies and potential outcomes, which necessitate specific management strategies. This ca...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Newkirk RE,Fomin DA,Braden MM

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Air National Guard (ANG) medical units perform 2 weeks of active duty training each year to develop and maintain essential medical skills. Providing meaningful training is, however, a great challenge to both the Guard unit and its active duty counterpart. Too often, annual training is not a relevant learning experienc...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Siebert GW,Klimt CR,Baskaran TS,Faunce DL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article addresses a topic that is part of the public consciousness yet is seldom explored in the public health literature: presidential promotion of health-related behaviors through words and example. The article explores the history of what some American presidents, as individuals, have conveyed to the populatio...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Safran MA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first licensed Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccines were of a purified capsular oligosaccharide. Unfortunately, oligosaccharides are poorly immunogenic in younger children and resulted in these vaccines not routinely being used until past the period of peak incidence of Hib disease. Subsequent Hib vaccine ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rowe JE,Messinger IK,Schwendeman CA,Popejoy LA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 400,000 non-melanoma skin cancers occur each year. A majority of them will develop on sun-exposed areas of the face, head, and neck. By virtue of having assignments that involve outdoor duty, often in areas of high ultraviolet radiation exposure, military personnel are at increased risk of developing thes...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Keeling JH,Kraus EW,Pathak M,Sober AJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camp Bullis, Texas, is an active training facility for the U.S. Army and Air Force with a storied history dating back to the late 19th century. In the early 1940s, an epidemic of a seasonal tick-borne rickettsial-like illness occurred at Camp Bullis; the last case was reported in 1947. To date, the etiology of this di...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Murray CK,Dooley DP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation is to determine if intraosseous infusion (IO) is a suitable method for the delivery of recombinant human factor VIIa (rFVIIa) during hemorrhagic shock. The measures that were used to evaluate IO delivery suitability included: (1) determination of clinically significant local or system...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wright JK,Christy RJ,Tharp RV,Kalns JE

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Many service members experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions do not receive mental health care for these symptoms. The stigma associated with having a mental health condition or seeking treatment is often cited as a specific barrier to mental health care. However, study results bearing on the que...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Cerully JL,Acosta JD,Sloan J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticle immunoenzymatic assay (MEIA) is a new, ultrasensitive technique recently introduced for detection of prostatic specific antigen (PSA). It is easily performed, totally automated, and cheaper and faster than radioimmunometric techniques. In this study, the levels of PSA in 194 males with urologic problems ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Sánchez de la Muela P,Povo Castilla J,Bobillo de Lamo M,Rosales F,Pérez-Piqueras JL

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old male U.S. Navy airman with new nontender subcutaneous, 4-cm mass inferior to the right anterior costal margin was sent for routine biopsy. Sudden appearance of axillary lymph nodes prompted immediate excisional biopsy of the primary mass. Pathological evaluation was initially read as Onchocerca volvulus,...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Udall DN

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide, as one of the greatest problems of maladjustment to the military environment, has been a subject of investigation in the Army of Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslav Army) for more than six decades. The Suicide Prevention Program was implemented in December 2003. The aim of the study was to follow-up the ap...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dedic G,Panic M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00