An epidemiologic investigation of homicides at Fort Carson, Colorado: summary of findings.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe and debilitating condition affecting a significant proportion of the veteran community. A substantial number of veterans with PTSD fail to benefit from trauma-focused psychological therapies or pharmacotherapy or are left with residual symptoms, and therefo...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Nursey J,Sbisa A,Knight H,Ralph N,Cowlishaw S,Forbes D,O'Donnell M,Hinton M,Cooper J,Hopwood M,McFarlane A,Herring S,Fitzgerald P

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cluster headaches (CHs) are one of the most debilitating of all the identified headache syndromes. Their pathogenesis is poorly understood, which has made their treatment challenging. Various medicines and modalities have been put forth in an effort to minimize the symptoms, but none have proven to be consistently rel...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Andicochea CT,Blalack PM,Fulkerson JA,Kidd GA,Taylor BM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Military helicopters are increasingly agile and capable of producing significant G forces experienced in the longitudinal (z) axis of the body in a head-to-foot direction (+Gz). Dehydration and fatigue can adversely affect a pilot's +Gz tolerance, leading to +Gz-induced symptomatology occurring at lower +G...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： McMahon TW,Newman DG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-traumatic headache (PTH) is a commonly experienced symptom after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Blast injury- or blunt injury-related mechanisms for mTBI in veterans can also affect musculoskeletal structures in the neck, resulting in comorbid neck pain (NP). However, it is unknown whether the pres...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Shahidi B,Bursch RW,Carmel JS,Carranza AC,Cooper KM,Lee JV,O'Connor CN,Sorg SF,Maluf KS,Schiehser DM

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to demonstrate the consistency of radiologists' three-dimensional measurements of simulated blast fragment locations in vitro in an effort to objectively localize retained fragments and wound paths. We designed a phantom consisting of 10 nail heads (simulating blast fragments) glued to wooden pegs that...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Folio L,Fischer T,Shogan PJ,Frew M,Bunger R,Provenzale JM

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:This quality improvement project implemented and evaluated an evidence-based practice (EBP) program at two Army outpatient health care facilities. The EBP program consisted of five implementation strategies that aimed to inculcate EBP into organizational culture as well as nursing practice and culture. A conceptual mo...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Yackel EE,Short NM,Lewis PC,Breckenridge-Sproat ST,Turner BS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a practical and rapid method for making a longitudinal analysis of changes in body composition. However, most BIA validation studies have been performed in a clinical population and only at one moment, or point in time (cross-sectional study). The aim of this study...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Langer RD,Matias CN,Borges JH,Cirolini VX,Páscoa MA,Guerra-Júnior G,Gonçalves EM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hemorrhage is the leading cause of potentially preventable death on the battlefield. The tactical combat casualty care guidelines recommend the use of the radial pulse strength to guide the administration of blood products or intravenous fluids when equipment for blood pressure monitoring is not available....

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Naylor JF,Fisher AD,April MD,Schauer SG

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Each year, a substantial proportion of trainees who enter the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Basic Military Training (BMT) are unable to complete training. Reentry to civilian life poses significant challenges, including finding employment, establishing a new career path, and paying for education. To our knowledge,...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Smith LM,Stanley IH,Joiner TE

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper treatment of younger patients who have suffered ischemic stroke and who have no stroke risk factors other than antiphospholipid antibodies is unsettled. We propose a rationale to support adding dietary supplementation with calcium and vitamin D to the present standard regimen of anticoagulant therapy for th...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Newmark J,Newmark HL,Marden LA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint. Patients with shoulder pain who are seeking care in a military tertiary setting in the United States have not been previously described. This study describes the clinical features of 55 patients (47 men, 8 women) undergoing shoulder surgery at a tertiary care milita...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Walsworth MK,Doukas WC,Murphy KP,Bimson W,Mielcarek BJ,Michener LA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 22-year-old infantryman who sustained a right frontal wound to his head. He was treated and returned to duty immediately. During a computed tomography scan, 38 years after the incident, a metallic foreign body and disruption of the brain consistent with a projectile track were discovered in his brain. I...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fitzgerald DB,Gullett JM,Levy CE,Crosson BA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from a nationally representative survey, we evaluated the prevalence of multiple risk factors known to predict increased health care utilization and adverse health outcomes, comparing U.S. men who rely solely on the Veterans Affairs Health Administration (VA) for health care to men in the general population...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Larson RJ,Welch HG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To train and prepare cadets for a career as firefighters in Rio de Janeiro, the second-year students of the Officers Training Course are submitted to a Search, Rescue, and Survival Training (SRST) course, which is characterized by long periods of high physical exertion and sleep restriction during a 9-day ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： de Barros TR,Salerno VP,Ponce T,Mainenti MRM

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The U.S. Air Force utilizes specialized Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT) for transporting "stabilized" patients. Given the drawdown of military forces from various areas of operation, recent CCATT operations have increasingly involved the evacuation of unstable and incompletely resuscitated patien...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Maddry JK,Ball EM,Cox DB,Flarity KM,Bebarta VS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wide use of a succession of different manufactured antimicrobial agents during the past 60 years has prompted the eventual emergence and progressive spread through the world's interconnecting bacterial populations of a growing variety of genes expressing resistance to those agents. The complex processes that spread an...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： O'Brien TF,Eskildsen MA,Stelling JM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of the clinical nurse transition program (CNTP) for newly commissioned Army nurses. This is one of the first evaluations conducted to document the outcomes of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) transition-to practice residency program. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Oblea PN,Berry-Caban CS,Dumayas JY,Adams AR,Beltran TA

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:In this report, we describe the organizational framework, operations and current status of the Central Simulation Committee (CSC). The CSC was established in 2007 with the goals of standardizing simulation-based training in Army graduate medical education programs, assisting in redeployment training of physicians retu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Deering S,Sawyer T,Mikita J,Maurer D,Roth BJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:During Operation Desert Storm, in February 1991, Iraqi troops began burning Kuwaiti oil wells. Almost immediately there was concern about possible adverse health effects in U.S. personnel exposed to crude oil combustion products. Combustions products were predicted from the known composition of Kuwaiti crude oil. Moni...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Heller JM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the more commonly occurring mental disorders following potentially traumatizing events soldiers may encounter when deployed abroad. One of the first-line recommended treatment options is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). The number of studie...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Köhler K,Eggert P,Lorenz S,Herr K,Willmund G,Zimmermann P,Alliger-Horn C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congress established the TriService Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) in 1992 to serve the nursing research needs of the military. The TSNRP advances the science of military nursing to support mission readiness and deployment, improves the health and quality of life of military personnel, and provides optimal nursing c...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Duong DN,Schempp C,Barker E,Cupples S,Pierce P,Ryan-Wenger N,Turner M,Young-McCaughan S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify potential training to enhance comprehensive soldier fitness, this analysis searched MEDLINE via PubMed and elsewhere for 33 reasonably significant modalities, screening over 11,500 articles for relevance regarding soldier resilience. Evaluation of modalities that are exclusively educational or cog...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rees B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate and consistent use of condom remains an effective approach to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) intervention. We analyzed the baseline data gathered for a situationally based HIV/AIDS intervention to assess the potential predictors of condom use among the Uniforme...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Essien EJ,Ogungbade GO,Kamiru HN,Ekong E,Ward D,Holmes L Jr

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correspondence of three core Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scales (Intrusive Experiences, Defensive Avoidance, and Anxious Arousal) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-IV) PTSD module were examined among 72 veterans with traumatic brain injury (...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bahraini NH,Brenner LA,Harwood JE,Homaifar BY,Ladley-O'Brien SE,Filley CM,Kelly JP,Adler LE

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：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：:These tests were conducted to develop a database that could be used to assess risks to soldiers from exposure to aerosolized metallic particulates when the crew compartment of an Abrams tank is perforated by a kinetic energy penetrator. Quantitative data are reported for aerosols produced by kinetic energy penetrators...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gold K,Cheng YS,Holmes TD

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00