Preparation for Desert Storm: expansion of an overseas Air Force hospital pharmacy to handle casualties.

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：:Spine injuries are more prevalent among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans than among veterans of previous conflicts. The purpose of this investigation was to characterize the context, mode, and clinical outcomes of spine injuries sustained by U.S. military personnel in theater. Injury and clinical data from patients who s...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Szuflita NS,Neal CJ,Rosner MK,Frankowski RF,Grossman RG

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Within the Military Health System (MHS), facilities have struggled to meet minimum recommended volume thresholds for certain procedures. Understanding variations in complication rates and cost can help policymakers tailor policy to target improvement. Our objective was to quantify the variation in bariatri...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Luan WP,Leroux TC,Olsen C,Robb D,Skinner JS,Richard P

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:This is an empirical study to better understand commonly used medical school admission measures and disenrollment decisions during undergraduate medical education as well as graduate medical education (GME) probation or termination decisions. Materials and Methods:Based on the data of USUHS medical studen...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dong T,Gilliland WR,Cruess D,Hutchinson J,Morres L,Curtis J,Hewitt-Clarke GS,Durning SJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This pilot study was conducted to examine, for the first time, the ongoing systems biology research and development projects within the laboratories and centers of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). The analysis has provided an understanding of the breadth of systems biology act...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zalatoris JJ,Scheerer JB,Lebeda FJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Severely injured patients have difficulty recalling their intensive care unit (ICU) experience which may contribute to emotional trauma. An ICU patient journal contains a short summary of key events during the ICU stay, and has been shown to improve emotional well-being. This project evaluated the feasibility and perc...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hester M,Ingalls NK,Hatzfeld JJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the circumstances surrounding an intense, constant pain in the temporal region (visual analog scale 9-10) experienced by a 22-year-old combat officer in the Israel Defense Forces following a mild facial injury. The officer's wound included penetration of shrapnel particles into the facial skin, ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zadik Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health information booklets deliver information to large groups quickly and economically. Rapidly deploying soldiers are a group that needs such information. Military personnel responsible for the health of troops should know of the materials produced to meet this need so that they can facilitate booklet distribution....

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Huycke KA,Gambel JM,Petruccelli BP,Wasserman GM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with advanced surgery for the treatment of civilian gunshot injuries supports the changes in approach and indications for the treatment of war gunshot injuries. Eight patients with gluteal gunshot wounds are presented with typical war injuries. They were wounded during 1992 and 1993 in the war in Croatia an...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Vukić Z

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To-date, there has been no international review of mental health resilience training during Basic Training nor an assessment of what service members perceive as useful from their perspective. In response to this knowledge gap, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Human Factors & Medicine Research & Technology...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Adler AB,Delahaij R,Bailey SM,Van den Berge C,Parmak M,van Tussenbroek B,Puente JM,Landratova S,Kral P,Kreim G,Rietdijk D,McGurk D,Castro CA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment that can occur among individuals who do "people work" of some kind. Health care providers, including dentists, are at high risk for burnout because their occupations often require intense interactions between themselv...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Shelley JJ,Wong M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A retrospective study on the occurrence of septic syndrome and septic shock, as well as multiorgan failure, in the wounded at the Split Clinical Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU). PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 1991 to 1995, 257 wounded persons were treated at the Split Clinical Hospital ICU. Criteria for sep...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bacić A,Gluncić I

更新日期：1997-05-01 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 research identifies variables affecting the length of time to process a soldier through the U.S. Army Physical Disability Evaluation System (PDES). The subjects are 8,301 soldiers whose disability records were processed in fiscal year 1996. The dependent variable examined was the average number of days a soldier ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Coppola MN,Hudak RP,Bales JD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Complete occlusion of the contralateral carotid artery has been thought to increase the risk of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). This study was conducted to determine whether contralateral occlusion (CO) leads to a higher rate of complications among patients undergoing CEA or alters long-term outcomes. METHODS:...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fitzpatrick CM,Chiou AC,DeCaprio JD,Kashyap VS

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We explore disparities in awarding post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) service-connected disability benefits (SCDB) to veterans based on gender, race/ethnicity, and misconduct separation. METHODS:Department of Defense data on service members who separated from October 1, 2001 to May 2017 were linked to ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Redd AM,Gundlapalli AV,Suo Y,Pettey WBP,Brignone E,Chin DL,Walker LE,Poltavskiy EA,Janak JC,Howard JT,Sosnov JA,Stewart IJ

更新日期：2020-01-07 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：: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：:The physiological and cognitive performance of acclimatized soldiers undertaking routine patrol and reconnaissance activities in the tropics was investigated. Data were obtained during a patrol and a reconnaissance exercise followed by a short assault. Ambient conditions were characterized by temperatures of 30 to 33 ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Amos D,Hansen R,Lau WM,Michalski JT

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chaplains play a unique role in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care systems and have numerous responsibilities. Compassion satisfaction (CS), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout (BO) are three major phenomenons that have been documented in other helping professions, but little is known about VA Chaplains' professio...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Yan GW,Beder J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in a bacillus Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated military population and propose an appropriate method of control. We divided 593 subjects into "close contacts" and "non-close contacts" of an index case and examined all subjects by chest X-radiograp...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lin JC,Lin TY,Perng WC,Mai CS,Chen YH,Ku CH,Chang FY

更新日期：2008-04-01 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 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is a unique environment for its staff and patients. Several environmental influences distinctively affect health, medical, and nursing care. Six main areas of environmental concern for operational nursing were examined. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the internal envi...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： McKenzie RT,Boren DM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. military may consider exploring the inclusion of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in the diets of active duty military personnel. To be successful, certain challenges must be overcome including determining appropriate dosage, ensuring cost efficie...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ismail A,Rice HB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obesity is prevalent among users of Veteran's Health Administration services, where it is comorbid with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, colon, and breast cancer. Among obese subjects, severe obesity represents a subpopulation with the highest risk of dep...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Shiroma PR,Velasquez T,Usset TJ,Wilhelm JH,Thuras P,Baltutis E

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight or fat reduction and maintenance among military personnel and attainment of desired body composition and physical appearance are considered important. A high level of body fat has been shown to have an adverse effect on performance in a number of military activities. The effect of rapid weight loss on performan...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Naghii MR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00