Determinants of dental insurance status for U.S. military families.

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are associated with increased length of hospital stays, poor patient outcomes, and increased health care costs making prevention of SSI a high priority for the U.S. Military Health Care System. The focus of this project was to develop and pilot a pre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Scallan RM,Gerathy S,Price J,Lazarus AM,Metter EJ,Talbot LA

更新日期：2020-06-19 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：:This case study describes the rehabilitation of 10 active duty U.S. soldiers with exertional rhabdomyolysis. The pathophysiology of rhabdomyolysis is discussed. The initial management is concerned with accurate diagnosis and monitoring of laboratory values to prevent complications. Active and passive range of motion, ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Randall T,Butler N,Vance AM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difficulty and importance of developing and implementing a definition of quality in health care is discussed. Some current definitions are considered, and a recommended definition of quality health care is presented. ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Buck AS

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete dental examination is the basis for identifying the dental readiness of Air Force Reserve Command members. Historically, these were done on an infrequent basis. Recently, an annual dental examination has been mandated for all military members. Current dental personnel manning and resources are not sufficien...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Callison GM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The command of a U.S. Army Reserve Combat Support Hospital designed this study to evaluate soldiers' behavior related to and attitudes toward skipping meals while on annual training (AT). METHODS:The command administered an anonymous survey on attitudes about weight loss and weightloss behavior while on AT. ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Harrow JJ,Cordovés RI,Hulette RB

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Health care managers are faced with difficult decisions on a daily basis. Some of those issues involve productivity. Statistical analyses of patient and provider population dynamics offer an important tool with which to base decisions. In this study, two representative clinics out of seven were selected. The patient a...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Patterson CW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type and number of injuries sustained by soldiers of a Croatian Army brigade in an offensive action during the war in Croatia (1991/1992) were analyzed according to the mechanism of wounding. About 1,000 soldiers participated in a 6-hour offensive action in a flat, partially swampy, and wooded area, convenient for...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Soldo S,Puntarić D

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Greater serum levels and dietary intake of vitamin D have been inversely associated with the risk of multiple cancers including colon cancer. Most colorectal cancers are thought to arise from adenomatous polyps, which become dysplastic under the influence of numerous factors. Prospective data are needed to d...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bryce C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid user-friendly ABO-Rh blood typing kits (Eldon Home Kit 2511, ABO-Rh Combination Blood Typing Experiment Kit) were evaluated to determine their accuracy when used under simulated military field conditions and after long-term storage at various temperatures and humidities. Rates of positive tests between control g...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bienek DR,Charlton DG

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that western diets poor in omega-3 and rich in omega-6 fatty acids contribute to the increasing burden of chronic diseases including neurological problems is becoming recognized. Modern, westernized diets provide 80 to 90% of polyunsaturated fatty acids as omega-6 linoleic acid (LA) and are depleted in...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Innis SM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, observational studies analyzing prehospital blood product transfusions (PHT) for trauma have become more widespread in both military and civilian communities. Due to these studies' non-random treatment assignment, propensity score (PS) methodologies are often used to determine an intervention's effectiveness...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Greene TJ,DeSantis SM,Fox EE,Wade CE,Holcomb JB,Swartz MD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic insomnia is a common and debilitating disease that increases risk for significant morbidity and workplace difficulties. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line treatment, but there is a critical lack of behavioral health providers trained in CBT-I because, in part, of a ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Taylor DJ,Dietch JR,Pruiksma K,Calhoun CD,Milanak ME,Wardle-Pinkston S,Rheingold AA,Ruggiero KJ,Bunnell BE,Wilkerson AK

更新日期：2021-01-25 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：: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

abstract：:Since opening the Air Force's first in-hospital birth center, the United States Air Force Academy Hospital has followed a policy of 24-hour discharge of mothers and babies--a major paradigm shift in traditional military treatment facility practice. This study was conducted to evaluate this change. Records were reviewe...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rhodes MK

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Military personnel risk injury due to accidents, disasters, and military threats during Phase Zero "shaping" operations. Medical facilities must be poised to respond. METHODS:The U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR) covers more than 50% of the earth's surface; relevant Clinical Practice...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Walker JJ,Stockinger ZT,Chinn CG

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isotonic, isosmotic lavage is a safe and effective means of mechanical preparation of the large bowel for left colon surgery. In this prospective, randomized trial comparing lavage with a more traditional three-day bowel preparation, the lavage was well tolerated, led to decreased preoperative hospital days, and produ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Soballe PW,Greif JM

更新日期：1989-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Combat casualties have endured an increase in traumatic lower extremity amputations secondary to improvised explosive devices. Often surgical control of the proximal vasculature is required. We evaluate the safety profile of exploratory laparotomy (EXLAP) for proximal control (PC) in combat-injured patients....

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hathaway E,Glaser J,Cardarelli C,Dunne J,Elster E,Safford S,Rodriguez C

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:In 2014, the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps deployed to Monrovia, Liberia, to operate a 25-bed Ebola treatment unit (ETU) constructed by the U.S. Military. The ETU was named the Monrovia Medical Unit (MMU) and was constructed from an U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS)...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Pierce WF,Ready SD,Chapman JT,Kulick C,Shields A,Wang J,Andrews K,Childs RW,Bell C,Kosyak A,Pham J

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Deployed service members exposed to burn pit smoke can experience a multitude of symptoms. Respiratory symptoms after burn pit smoke exposure are well recognized, but neurologic symptoms are less well recognized. There are reports of migraines triggered by odors but no specific reports of new onset migraines...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Chalela JA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Soldiers are exposed to extreme training regimens in order to optimally prepare for real battle. High attrition rates are a known issue during training courses, especially for elite troops. An underlying factor might be the disbalance between stress/strain and recovery. The aim of this review is to give in...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Vrijkotte S,Roelands B,Pattyn N,Meeusen R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to establish an efficient explosive model with spherical explosives for the study of blast injury and its wound characteristics in the maxillofacial region. METHODS:Different spherical explosives were used to produce blast waves and to establish the wound model. Fresh sheep heads a...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wang Z,Liu Y,Lei D,Bai Z,Zhou S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing damage induced by blast exposure is a common injury in military personnel involved in most operation activities. Personal hearing protection devices such as earplugs come as a standard issue for Service members; however, it is not clear how to accurately evaluate the protection mechanisms of different hearing ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Gan RZ,Leckness K,Smith K,Ji XD

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headaches are a typical presentation to a military medical department or emergency room. Having a broad differential diagnosis and utilizing a thorough physical exam can assist providers in honing down the list of pathology and in identifying potentially life-threatening causes of cephalgia such as intracranial tumors...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Thompson CA,Barnes E

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

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