Case report highlighting how wound path identification on CT can help identify organ damage in abdominal blast injuries.

abstract：:Ethylene glycol is an inexpensive, readily available substance that may be associated with accidental or intentional toxicity. Toxicity from this substance may be encountered in the military and civilian populations. Because it is highly toxic and can result in death if not treated appropriately, it is imperative to r...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Cox RD,Phillips WJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have linked the use of caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol to health complications and have also found that the use of these substances significantly covary. Given the prevalence of health problems of older adults, it is surprising that no studies to date have examined the co-occurrent use of alcohol, caf...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Talcott GW,Poston WS 2nd,Haddock CK

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:Advanced practice nurses (APN) who practice in the surgical subspecialty areas may have the opportunity to expand their scope of practice to include first assistant at surgery. Surgical APNs who practice as registered nurse first assistants (RNFA) should seek credentialing and apply for institutional privileges to ass...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zarnitz P,Malone E

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:This study is the first to our knowledge to examine associations of survey-reported dietary supplement use with medical record diagnoses, rather than retrospective self-reported supplement use at the time of the medical encounter or case reports of adverse events. Dietary supplement (DS) use and adverse ev...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Humphreys MA,Phillips CJ,Trone DW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Young military Service Members with traumatic unilateral lower limb amputations may be at a high risk for developing knee osteoarthritis (OA). There is growing evidence for potential influence and predictive value of nonsystemic risk factors on development and progression of primary knee OA in older adults...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Farrokhi S,Mazzone B,Yoder A,Grant K,Wyatt M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis is a viral disease emerging in areas of influence for the Australian Defence Force immediately north of the continent, including the Torres Strait border of Australia and Papua, New Guinea. Only the mouse brain-derived, inactivated, Nakayama strain vaccine is commercially available to the Austral...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kitchener S,Nasveld P,Brennan L,Ward D

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Smallpox, or vaccinia, has been eradicated worldwide as a disease; however, it may be weaponized and is thus a required immunization when military members deploy to certain parts of the world. Materials and Methods:We report two unusual cases of genital autoinoculation following smallpox vaccination. Res...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Whittington JR,Rollene NL,Gist RS

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Soldiers failing to meet Army Regulation 600-9 (AR 600-9) for weight-to-height standards are required to undergo body fat taping assessment. This article describes a clinical performance improvement project in which battalion medical staff identified a simpler way to improve on meeting AR 600-9 standards wit...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bernstein SA,Lo M,Davis WS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identified chemical and environmental exposures specifically associated with the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Exposures were self-reported in a postal questionnaire, in the period of 2000-2002, by 1,424 Australian male Persian Gulf War veterans in relation to their 1991 Persian Gulf War deployment and by 625 Pers...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Glass DC,Sim MR,Kelsall HL,Ikin JF,McKenzie D,Forbes A,Ittak P

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：: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

abstract：:A 36-year-old man with chronic severe exertional myalgias had a normal serum lactate elevation and diminished serum ammonia elevation on an ischemic forearm exercise test (IFET). The IFET is commonly performed in the evaluation of patients with complaints of exertional myalgias, cramps, and rhabdomyolysis. The finding...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Riggs JE,Schochet SS Jr,Webb RW

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to provide information to assist in planning health promotion and wellness programs for military trainees. During their first semester at West Point, 179 cadets completed measures of holistic wellness, perceived stress, and mattering. The highest wellness scores were in areas of social support,...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Myers JE,Bechtel A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quasi-experimental prospective study was conducted to assess the stage of change progression and elimination of unhealthy behaviors among active duty Army soldiers and their spouses (N = 245) before and after attending a community-based wellness program. Significant differences in stage progression between the inter...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Niederhauser VP,Maddock J,LeDoux F,Arnold M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receipt of public support payments is associated with beneficial outcomes for homeless people with mental illness. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with receipt of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pension and compensation benefits among homeless veterans after their initial contact with ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Chen JH,Rosenheck RA,Kasprow WJ,Greenberg G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:With more than 370,000 military and civilian personnel stationed across Pacific Command (PACOM), medical evacuation in this largest command presents unique challenges. The authors describe medical evacuations analyzed from the U.S. Air Force Transportation Command Regulating and Command & Control Evacuatio...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pawlukiewicz AJ,Bridwell RE,Carius BM,Schauer SG,Maddry JK,Davis WT

更新日期：2020-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific publication in academic literature is a key venue in which the U.S. Department of Defense's Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) program disseminates infectious disease surveillance data. Bibliometric analyses are tools to evaluate scientific productivity and impact o...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Reaves EJ,Valle R,Chandrasekera RM,Soto G,Burke RL,Cummings JF,Bausch DG,Kasper MR

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Yellow fever is a mosquito-transmitted hemorrhagic viral disease that is endemic to tropical regions in South America and Africa. It remains a significant health concern for deploying military personnel, accordingly vaccination is frequently performed on troops. Although the vaccine is generally administered with only...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rowland M,Plackett TP,Smith R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:This review summarizes the research conducted on botulinum toxin (BoTx) from 1943 to 1956 by a small group of Camp Detrick investigators and their staff. A systematic, cross-disciplinary approach was used to develop effective vaccines against this biological warfare threat agent. In response to the potenti...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lebeda FJ,Adler M,Dembek ZF

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly military beneficiary is a valued, high-risk, high-cost, and complex individual with unique medical needs. Attention to common geriatric syndromes (such as incontinence) and quality end-of-life care is critical in this population. Care of older adults is part of every adult medical and surgical specialty an...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Unwin BK,Wilson C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With people living longer today, averaging 73 years old, the type of patients with inguinal hernias are different than in the past. At the present time, to avoid the high incidence of recurrence due to the aged and weakened tissue component of the groin area, we reinforce the posterior wall of the inguinal canal with ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Chang EG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectacle incompatibility has been a major problem in the fielding of advanced Army avionic and electro-optical systems. As a result, routine contact lens wear may be instituted as an option to spectacles. Refractive error data were extracted from the Aviation Epidemiological Data Registry, a computer-accessible repos...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lattimore MR Jr,Schrimsher RH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention strategies for coronary artery disease among hypertensive patients require assessment of other modifiable risk factors in the target population. In this article, we describe the prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors in military beneficiaries with high blood pressure (HBP). Baseline data from an on...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Duong DN,Smith KK,Ross MC,Kim MT

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Upon injury, skeletal muscle undergoes a multiphase process beginning with degeneration of the damaged tissue, which is accompanied by inflammation and finally regeneration. One consequence of an injured microenvironment is excessive production of reactive oxygen species, which results in attenuated regene...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Yosef B,Zhou Y,Mouschouris K,Poteracki J,Soker S,Criswell T

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study evaluates a large cohort of college students after the 2009-2010 pandemic H1N1 influenza season. The objective was to assess influenza vaccination status, influenzalike illnesses (ILIs), and other characteristics associated with attaining immunizations. METHODS:This study was conducted during t...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Barrett JP,Rosen IM,Stout LR,Rosen SE

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared general psychological symptoms measures on all Brief Symptom Inventory symptom dimensions and the Global Severity Index from samples of deployed and nondeployed U.S. Army soldiers. Psychological symptom measures were taken from samples of soldiers during deployment to operations in the Persian Gulf...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Stuart JA,Halverson RR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the noise attenuation of earplugs and earmuffs or their combined use against heavy weapon noise in field conditions for military personnel. The noise attenuation was measured with a miniature microphone inserted into the ear canal. The subjects (13) were tested against pink noise and against the n...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pääkkönen R,Lehtomäki K,Savolainen S,Myllyniemi J,Hämäläinen E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00