Review: management of adjustment disorder in the deployed setting.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate a managed care demonstration project in CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services), the insurance program covering physical and mental health care services for the dependents of active duty military personnel, military retirees, and the retirees' dependents. The demon...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zwanziger J,Kravitz RL,Hosek SD,Hart K,Sloss EM,Sullivan O,Kallich JD,Goldman DP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neck pain among rotary-wing aviators has been established as an important issue in the military community, yet no U.S. Army regulation defines exactly what cervical spine range of motion (CROM) is adequate for flight. This lack of regulation leaves flight surgeons to subjectively determine whether an aviat...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Williams ST,Madison AM,Brozoski FT,Chancey VC

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) is an important strategy to prevent human immunodeficiency virus acquisition after occupational and nonoccupational exposures. Since exposures to blood and other body fluids commonly occur in a combat setting, it is important to evaluate PEP utilization in the deployed environme...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Okulicz JF,Murray CK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A cuffed bag valve mask (BVM) is the most common device used by emergency medical responders to ventilate patients. The BVM can be difficult for users to seal around the patient's mouth and nose. An intraoral mask (IOM) with snorkel-like design may facilitate quicker and better ventilation particularly under...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： McCrory B,Lowndes BR,Thompson DL,Wadman MC,Sztajnkrycer MD,Walker R,Lomneth CS,Hallbeck MS

更新日期：2019-03-01 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 seeks to investigate the mortality rates of U.K. servicemen with postcombat syndromes following the Boer War and World War I. Random samples of veterans awarded war pensions for either disordered action of the heart (DAH) or neurasthenia/shellshock were compared with gunshot wounded ex-servicemen as control...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Jones E,Vermaas RH,Beech C,Palmer I,Hyams K,Wessely S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gunshot wounds are the second leading cause of spinal cord injuries in developed countries, whereas in undeveloped and developing countries, this likelihood is much more. However, the weapon and injury characteristics are very different between those two groups of countries. The aim of this study was to review our exp...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Alaca R,Yilmaz B,Goktepe AS,Yazicioglu K,Gunduz S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the sources of Air Force (AF) Family Advocacy Program referrals (N = 42,389) for child and spouse maltreatment between 2000 and 2004. Sources of referrals were stable over time, with military sources accounting for the majority of both child and spouse referrals. Most (85%) of spouse maltre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Linkh DJ,Besetsny LK,Collins PS,Thomsen CJ,Rabenhorst MM,Rosenbaum A,Milner JS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 50 years, members of the U.S. military have faced the threat of malaria in diverse geographical locations and operational situations, resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. However, because malaria may be transported out of endemic areas and into areas that are free of malaria, the threat doe...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Porter WD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes severe morbidity and mortality worldwide and poses a significant threat to the health and readiness of U.S. military personnel. Although a vaccine to prevent pneumococcal infections has been available for almost 25 years, its use has been limited. Recently, increasing antibiotic resista...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： McKeehan JA,Ryan MA,Gray GC,Pneumococcal Vaccine Study Team.

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of lifetime exposure to violence, natural disaster, or major accidents involving injuries or fatalities was examined in the largest population-based epidemiologic survey of U.S. military personnel to date. The psychosocial and health effects of types of exposure experience (witness only, victim/survivor...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hourani LL,Yuan H,Bray RM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although rare in western countries, should not be forgotten as a cause of a breast lump presenting clinically and radiologically as a carcinoma in the older patient who gives a history of previous tuberculosis. We report the case of an 84-year-old woman with a br...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： O'Reilly M,Patel KR,Cummins R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was conducted to determine if testing machine crosshead speed influenced shear bond strength (SBS) or the failure mode of composite bonded to enamel and dentin. Composite cylinders were bonded to 50 enamel and 50 dentin surfaces and thermocycled. Groups of 10 samples were debonded at speeds of 0.1, 0....

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lindemuth JS,Hagge MS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old active duty United States Air Force air crew male presented to the flight medicine clinic in Germany after experiencing sudden onset penile pain while flying as part of a long-range operational mission. He was admitted to the German hospital and empirically treated for infection with antibiotics, which d...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Eovaldi B,Dunn DP

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 30-year-old combat veteran with an unclear exposure history, with multiple deployments who was later diagnosed with acute renal failure as a result of light-chain deposition disease. Despite a drastic decline in kappa light chains following chemotherapy; his renal function worsened, and he progressed to e...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Forster BM,Hinton AP,Thurlow JS

更新日期：2017-11-01 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

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：: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：:Medical imaging plays a critical role in the rapid diagnosis, effective triage, and management of complex poly-trauma patients. High-quality medical imaging can be accomplished successfully in a deployed or wartime setting. Due to advances in aggressive resuscitation techniques and the speed of the latest generation c...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ritter J,O'Brien S,Rivet D,Gibb I,Grimes J,Hinds S,Jessinger R,May T,Wirt M,Shackelford S,Adam O,York G,Ritchie B,Flores R,Stockinger Z

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is widely used as a screening instrument for depressive symptomatology in clinical settings. The factor structure has been researched in a variety of settings with results ranging from a single factor to a five-factor structure. The purpose of this study was to examin...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Palmer GA,Happe MC,Paxson JM,Jurek BK,Graca JJ,Olson SA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant neoplasms of the bladder are typically transitional cell carcinoma with squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma comprising nearly all of the remaining cases. Leiomyosarcoma is a rarely seen neoplasm of the bladder with a generally poor prognosis. It is important to distinguish leiomyosarcomas from rhabdom...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Richter ER,Dean RC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of dengue infections has been increasing in the Caribbean, and cases have been identified among successive deployments of multinational peacekeepers to Haiti (1994-1997). In the absence of an effective vaccine or chemoprophylaxis to prevent dengue fever, vector-control operations and use of personal prot...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gambel JM,Drabick JJ,Swalko MA,Henchal EA,Rossi CA,Martinez-Lopez L

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study an all-male population of 256 U.S. Army basic trainees and 98 armor officer basic course students were surveyed concerning extent of use, knowledge of, and factors contributing to the use of smokeless tobacco (ST). The survey was administered at a dental clinic at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The data were analy...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kenny KK,Quigley NC,Regennitter FJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite two decades of concerted federal government effort and the expenditure of billions of dollars, the war on cancer, as judged by mortality, is not going well. However, the mortality yardstick by which progress against cancer is often measured should be reassessed based upon current concepts of carcinogenesis. Th...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Riggs JE

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tourniquets are issued to deployed members of both the United States (U.S. military and the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The ease of removing the tourniquet from the pocket of the combat uniform may influence its time to application. The ADF uniform uses buttons to secure the pocket, whereas the U.S. unif...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Higgs AR,Maughon MJ,Ruland RT,Reade MC

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:The objective of this case report is to present an interesting case of a mixed malaria infection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in a U.S. service member deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the use of rapid malaria tests with microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and th...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kessler AD,Maxey JA,Allan N

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the perception by 951 U.S. Army soldiers of positive and negative consequences of a peacekeeping deployment to Bosnia. Seventy-seven percent reported some positive consequences, 63% reported a negative consequence, and 47% reported both. Written comments were also provided. Of the 951 soldiers, 4...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Newby JH,McCarroll JE,Ursano RJ,Fan Z,Shigemura J,Tucker-Harris Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical radiculopathy is a common disorder that portends significant morbidity. The presence of radiculopathy can have a debilitating effect on patients as well as a significant economic impact. Active duty military patients with increased physical occupational demands can be significantly impacted by cervi...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zarkadis NJ,Cleveland AW,Kusnezov NA,Dunn JC,Caram PM,Herzog JP

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00