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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：:The increasing incidence of malignant melanoma challenges physicians to find innovative ways to preserve function and appearance in affected areas that require partial resection. We carefully planned the resection of a malignant lesion between the third and fourth toes of a 77-year-old man with the aid of computer tec...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kaufman M,Vantuyl A,Japour C,Ghosh BC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the learning sciences offer remarkable potential to improve medical education and maximize the benefits of emerging medical technologies. This article describes 2 major innovation areas in the learning sciences that apply to simulation and other aspects of medical learning: Perceptual learning (PL) ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kellman PJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blunt impact assessment of the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) is currently based on the linear head response. The current study presents a methodology for testing the ACH under complex loading that generates linear and rotational head motion. Experiments were performed on a guided, free-fall drop tower using an instrume...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Begonia M,Rooks T,Pintar FA,Yoganandan N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A cavum septum pellucidum is an anatomical variant that is usually considered an incidental finding of little clinical significance. This is a fluid-containing structure between the lateral ventricles whose walls exhibit lateral bowing and are 10-mm apart or greater. It has been hypothesized that enlarged cys...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Frattalone AR,Neely ET

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) are a concern for the military community because of medical expenses, possible disability, and separation from the military. This study investigated the prevalence of MSIs in deployed aeromedical evacuation (AE) populations reported on Post-Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA) forms. A s...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fouts BL,Serres JL,Dukes SF,Maupin GM,Wade ME,Pohlman DM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) belonging to the family Coronaviridae and genus Betacoronavirus is the causative agent of COVID-19 disease and was first identified in Wuhan, China. SARS-CoV-2 spread globally with >28 million cases and 911,000 deaths recorded worldwide as of Sep...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Velasco JM,Navarro FC,Diones PC,Villa V,Valderama MT,Tabinas H,Chua D,Rosa RD,Turao-Agoncillo MM,Timbol JC,Leonardia S,Timbol ML,Klungthong C,Chinnawirotpisan P,Joonlasak K,Manasatienkij W,Huang A,Jones A,Fernandez S

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the reasons for high referral rates to secondary medical care services in the Israel Defence Force-Medical Corps, we conducted a study in which 28 physicians in five primary care clinics took part. Seven hundred thirty-seven patients were referred to specialists. The referral reasons were learned fr...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zvieli S,Steinherz R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The French army has implemented an algorithm based on the acronym "MARCHE RYAN," each letter standing for a key action to complete in order to help first care providers during emergency casualty care. On the battlefield, the risk of error is increased, and the use of cognitive aids (CAs) might be helpful t...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Truchot M,Balança B,Wey PF,Tazarourte K,Lecomte F,Le Goff A,Leigh-Smith S,Lehot JJ,Rimmele T,Cejka JC

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:National smoking cessation guidelines include recommended strategies for providers and health care organizations, but they offer little guidance on how to structure care. We conducted a cross-sectional survey at 40 Veterans Health Administration facilities, to describe the structure of smoking cessation care, to asses...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Sherman SE,Joseph AM,Yano EM,Simon BF,Arikian N,Rubenstein LV,Parkerton P,Mittman BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has found that individual characteristics play an important role in psychological wellbeing and perception of stress. Although the Five Factor Model of personality has been found to consistently predict psychological well-being in the general population and among military personnel, hardiness has als...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Skomorovsky A,Sudom KA

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program (PTRP) is a recovery and reintegration program for recruits in Initial Entry Training (IET) who are unable to continue training because of serious injury. This investigation examined PTRP admission incidence among recruits in IET at Forts Jackson, Leonard Wood, Benning,...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Devlin JD,Knapik JJ,Solomon Z,Hauret KG,Morris K,Carter R,McGill R,Paoli L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old suspected Iraqi insurgent is brought to a Troop Medical Clinic in Baghdad, Iraq, with curious marks on his body. On questioning, he describes productive cough, subjective fever, drenching night sweats, and unintentional weight loss. This case shows a condition with which Western physicians are generally ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Zapor MJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critically injured patients are at risk for hypothermia. This study determined the efficacy of three hypothermia prevention strategies: the ChillBuster warming blanket, ChillBuster with a reflective blanket, and two wool blankets. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare changes in core temperature. Following r...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Schmelz JO,Bridges EJ,Wallace CM,Sanders SF,Shaw T,Kester N,Bauer S,Sylvester JC

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:World War I recruits were screened for tuberculosis almost exclusively with a history and physical exam. Radiography was unavailable on a large scale and expensive. New techniques developed in Brazil and elsewhere in the 1930s made mass radiographic screening practical. During World War II, the U.S. Army and Navy took...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Haygood TM,Briggs JE

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The development of methods that generate individualized assessments of the procoagulant potential of burn patients could improve their treatment. Beyond its role as an essential intermediate in the formation of thrombin, factor (F)Xa has systemic effects as an agonist to inflammatory processes. In this stu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bravo MC,Tejiram S,McLawhorn MM,Moffatt LT,Orfeo T,Jett-Tilton M,Pusateri AE,Shupp JW,Brummel-Ziedins KE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a postpartum survey, comparing singles to married, we sought to expand existing information on pregnancy occurring among active duty service women. The study instrument was a 59-question survey distributed in the initial 24 hours postpartum and collected prior to discharge. The majority affirmed that pregnancy h...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Biggs RL,Douglas BH,O'Boyle AL,Rieg TS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nearly 10% of all combat injuries during the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan involve thoracic trauma. The long-term outcomes of these combat-related injuries with respect to lung function have not been fully evaluated. Limited research in civilian polytrauma patients have shown significant ob...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hughes SM,Borders CW,Aden JK,Sjulin TJ,Morris MJ

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott's disease) is an uncommon complication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection that may have serious consequences if the diagnosis is missed or delayed. A case of tuberculous spondylitis in a military dependent is presented. Clinical presentation, radiologic findings, laboratory findings,...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Grinkemeyer MD,LaBarre RC,Yaszemski MJ,Klucznik RP,Blatt SP,Drehner DM

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:The Armed Forces Regional Medical Examiner in Europe is responsible for medico-legal death investigations for the U.S. military in 89 countries in Europe, Southwest Asia, and Africa. The Disaster Mortuary Affairs Response Team (DMART) is a rapidly deployable, experienced, multidisciplinary team patterned after the reg...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Labovich MH,Duke JB,Ingwersen KM,Roath DB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Defense (DoD) requires service members to complete regular health assessments for identification of deployment-related physical/behavioral issues and environmental/occupational exposures. Compliance among active duty Department of the Navy personnel varies; however, and the impact of incomplete asses...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Luse TM,Slosek J,Rennix C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1991-1992, a pelvic stress fracture incidence of 11.2% was recorded in a cohort of 143 female Australian Army recruits. An incidence of 0.1% was recorded in a cohort of male recruits trained in the 1992-1993 year using a nearly identical program. A number of preventive strategies were instituted in an attempt to re...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pope RP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are used at the majority of U.S. medical schools. Given the high resource demands with constructing and administering OSCEs, understanding how OSCEs relate to typical performance measures in medical school could help educators more effectively design curricu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dong T,Saguil A,Artino AR Jr,Gilliland WR,Waechter DM,Lopreaito J,Flanagan A,Durning SJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Given the role of perceived stress in disability and suicidality in the military, intervening early before service members become at risk for severe injuries, hospitalizations, and chronic disability could improve health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and acceptability o...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Abanes J,Hiers C,Rhoten B,Dietrich MS,Ridner SH

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:U.S. Army soldiers lose substantial training hours as a result of musculoskeletal injuries. Most military injury data have focused on basic trainee populations. This study examines activities associated with injuries in operational infantry soldiers. We conducted a randomized, retrospective medical record review of 33...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Smith TA,Cashman TM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planning and execution for contingency pharmacy services in support of Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in an overseas Air Force Medical Center are described. These operations presented the staff with far different challenges than the contingency support plan that had been in place for several years. That pla...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Diaz RA,Datena JM

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine is a central alpha-2 agonist well known to produce a syndrome of bradycardia and hypotension in overdose. However, few examples of overt clinical clonidine toxicity secondary to cutaneous absorption have been reported. We report a case of unintentional systemic clonidine toxicity in an adult because of a com...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Downs JW,Cumpston KL

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00