Impact on USAF tuberculosis detection and control program given a low facility tuberculosis prevalence rate.

abstract：:A case report is presented of a young male who sustained a second-degree frostbite injury to the oral cavity, to include lower lip, hard palate, tongue, and buccal mucosa. This unusual injury occurred as a result of substance abuse: an attempt to inhale an aerosolized propane propellant as a means to achieve euphoria....

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Elliott DC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In open, intra-articular distal humerus fracture caused by gunshot injury, full functional recovery is difficult to obtain. Three basic treatment methods are available: minimal internal fixation, open reduction-internal fixation, and external fixation. In Gülhane Military Medical Academy Department of Orthopedics and ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kömürcü M,Yanmiş I,Ateşalp AS,Gür E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:State-of-the-art three-dimensional motion analysis systems, which are utilized to predict, diagnose, and treat many musculoskeletal and neurological disorders, are expensive and space consuming. These systems have only been widely used in large research facilities because of their lack of this transportability. Since ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Parks M,Chien JH,Siu KC

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq witnessed the first widespread use of U.S. Army Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs). Although doctrinally designed to support maneuver brigades in a linear front conflict, FSTs were quickly adapted to fulfill area support and special operation support missions as part of Operation Enduring F...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Counihan TC,Danielson PD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a treatment for depression has been studied for over two decades. Repetitive TMS was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2008 for the treatment of depression after at least one failed trial of an antidepressant medication of adequate dose a...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wilkes S,Ona C,Yang M,Liu P,Benton A,Lustik M,Coleman J

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obtaining vascular access is of paramount importance in trauma care. When peripheral venous access is indicated but cannot be obtained, the intraosseous route represents an alternative. The Bone Injection Gun (BIG) is the device used for intraosseous access by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). The purpose o...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Nadler R,Gendler S,Chen J,Lending G,Abramovitch A,Glassberg E

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:This study surveyed 2,287 U.S. Navy health care providers (HCPs) regarding patient-care practices and attitudes related to tobacco use. Almost 80% of HCPs reported that they usually asked new patients about tobacco use. Of 11 recommended practices, two-thirds to three-quarters of HCPs engaged in only 4 behaviors with ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Conway TL,Hurtado SL,Woodruff SI

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously that treatment of gamma-irradiated female B6D2F1 mice with 5-androstenediol (AED) enhanced survival, stimulated myelopoiesis, and ameliorated radiation-induced decreases in circulating neutrophils and platelets. We have now tested survival in male CD2F1 mice, and we have investigated molecular and...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Whitnall MH,Elliott TB,Landauer MR,Wilhelmsen CL,McKinney L,Kumar KS,Srinivasan V,Ledney GD,Seed TM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a young active duty woman who experienced nonpsychotic denial of pregnancy until she precipitously delivered a healthy full-term infant. Despite the lack of prenatal care and the requirement for neonatal resuscitation, the child has apparently developed normally. The woman had no ongoing psychia...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Neifert PL,Bourgeois JA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D insufficiency remains a costly pandemic in veterans. Treatment requires achievement of desired 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations. The frequency with which 25(OH)D should be measured following treatment remains speculative. A retrospective analysis of veterans with vitamin D insufficiency was condu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Peiris AN,Bailey BA,Manning T,Adebonojo L

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Sternal wound complications after sternotomy carry significant morbidity and mortality rates. Sternal fractures attributable to blunt trauma may cause incapacitating pain or may be plagued by symptoms resulting from chronic nonunion. A sternal fixation system has been developed and used successfully for the management...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lundy JB,Gallo DR,Eastman DP,Perkins JH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The severity of exertional heat illnesses (EHI) ranges from relatively minor heat exhaustion to potentially life-threatening heat stroke. Epidemiological surveillance of the types of and trends in EHI incidence depends on application of the appropriate International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： DeGroot DW,Mok G,Hathaway NE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of war-related amputations in current U.S. military personnel is now twice that experienced by military personnel in previous wars. We reviewed the literature for health outcomes following war-related amputations and 17 studies were retrieved with evidence that (a) amputees are at a significant risk for devel...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Robbins CB,Vreeman DJ,Sothmann MS,Wilson SL,Oldridge NB

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfur Mustard (SM) is a potent alkylating agent with electrophilic property which has been used as a chemical warfare agent in at least 12 conflicts. It has reemerged as a major threat in recent years. Medical attention is primarily concerned with its action on the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract which may be compl...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Naghii MR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Medical Corps provides medical services-routine and emergency--to all IDF personnel (conscripts, career personnel, and reservists). Despite the fact that there are no differences in prevalence of disease in the IDF compared with the civil sector, health consumer appraisal, in the milita...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zigdon A,Robinson A,Goldberg A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:To develop a short form (SF) of the 45-item multidimensional Moral Injury Symptom Scale - Military Version (MISS-M) to use when screening for moral injury and monitoring treatment response in veterans and active duty military with PTSD. Methods:A total of 427 veterans and active duty military with PTSD sy...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Koenig HG,Ames D,Youssef NA,Oliver JP,Volk F,Teng EJ,Haynes K,Erickson ZD,Arnold I,O'Garo K,Pearce M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An anonymous online survey was presented to active duty U.S. Army, Reserve, and National Guard Soldiers with experience as en route care medical providers with the intent of identifying factors which contribute to musculoskeletal disorders in U.S. Army en route care medical providers. The survey looked at ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Conti SM,Kroening LR,Molles JJ,Davenport ML,Kinsler RE,Lloyd AL

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Commercially available junctional tourniquets (JTQs) have several drawbacks. We developed a low-cost, compact, easy to apply JTQ. The aim of this study was to assess the tourniquets' safety and efficacy in a swine model of controlled hemorrhage. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Five pigs were subjected to controlled...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Nachman D,Dulce D,Wagnert-Avraham L,Gavish L,Mark N,Gerrasi R,Gertz SD,Eisenkraft A

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuric acute renal failure may occur following strenuous exercise and may be more common in less physically conditioned persons. A case of moderately severe acute renal failure after the exercise involved in a routine Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) is described. This level of exertion, whi...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Tietjen DP,Guzzi LM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damage control resuscitation (DCR) is a strategy for resuscitating patients from hemorrhagic shock to rapidly restore homeostasis. Efforts are focused on blood product transfusion with whole blood or component therapy closely approximating whole blood, limited use of crystalloid to avoid dilutional coagulopathy, hypot...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Cap AP,Pidcoke HF,Spinella P,Strandenes G,Borgman MA,Schreiber M,Holcomb J,Tien HC,Beckett AN,Doughty H,Woolley T,Rappold J,Ward K,Reade M,Prat N,Ausset S,Kheirabadi B,Benov A,Griffin EP,Corley JB,Simon CD,Fahie

更新日期：2018-09-01 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: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：:Personality characteristics associated with successful adaptation to military life are often described in gender-related terms. However, valid, reliable measures of gender-related personality characteristics have not been established for military populations. The purpose of this study was to validate an instrument for...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rosen LN,Weber JP,Martin L

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Within the past few years, the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps have either incorporated or in the process of incorporating physical fitness tests that assess a soldier's fitness capability in a combat environment. In this article, we investigate how the U.S. Air Force Physical Fitness Test (AFPFT) events compare to si...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Worden T,White ED 3rd

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) with associated subcutaneous emphysema is an uncommon and generally benign condition. We describe an occurrence of SPM that occurred from yelling in a U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructor. The patient describes yelling at Marine recruits the day prior when he felt a pop "behind his no...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Singla M,Potocko J,Sanstead J,Pepper P

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine military deployments place great stress on military families. Before South African soldiers can be deployed, they undergo a comprehensive health assessment, which includes a social work assessment. The assessment focuses on the resilience of the family system to estimate how well the family will cope when expo...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Van Breda AD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00