Ovarian pregnancy in association with a Copper 7 intrauterine contraceptive device.

abstract：:A case of sudden enlargement of the submandibular and parotid salivary glands following endotracheal intubation is described. The literature concerning this condition is reviewed, and the possible causes are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Strowbridge NF

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates mortality from ischaemic heart disease during 1973-1984 in males under 55 years of age in the three Armed Services. Comparisons are drawn within and between each service and with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in the UK male population. Evidence of a significant decline in the Army dea...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Gray J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Australian Army recently adopted the British concept of hospital exercise (HOSPEX) as a means of evaluating the capabilities of its deployable NATO Role 2E hospital, the 2nd General Health Battalion. The Australian approach to HOSPEX differs from the original UK model. This article describes the reasons why the Au...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Gill G,Butt P,Reade MC,Crozier J,Williams A,Thomas T,Flint B,Matthews G,Duff N,Brown G,Chambers A,Courtenay B,Innes D,Malley BO

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper measures the prevalence of psychological symptoms in two British Infantry battalions, 36 months after being involved in peace keeping operations in the former Yugoslavia during November 1992-April 1993. Those deployed had a high level of post traumatic stress disorder (16%) compared to (9%) in the control g...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Baggaley MR,Piper ME,Cumming P,Murphy G

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The UK military commitment to United Nations operations has led to a new challenge in identifying and developing skill sets required for humanitarian operations. The last two decades have concentrated on kinetic operations, with haemorrhage control being the main driver. The austere location and prolonged evacuation t...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Khan M

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the decade 1968-77, 203 (12%) of the 1723 deaths in off duty British Army males were associated with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in excess of 80 mgs/100 mls. These deaths occurred in road traffic accidents (49%), acute alcohol poisoning (23%), suicide (9%), drowning (8%), falling from a height (7%), burns (...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Lynch P

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Role 3 Medical Treatment Facility (Field Hospital) in Camp Bastion (R3 Bastion) is acknowledged to be one of the busiest dedicated trauma facilities in the world. Casualties typically present with severe injuries and in physiological extremis. These casualties form a unique cohort representing the most relevant po...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Nordmann G,Woolley T,Doughty H,Dalle Lucca J,Hutchings S,Kirkman E

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2015, the Australian Army commissioned a systematic review to assess the evidence on effectiveness and safety of pharmacological and biotechnological products for cognitive enhancement specifically in Army personnel. METHODS:Searches for studies examining biotechnological and pharmacological products i...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Ko H,Hunter KE,Scott AM,Ayson M,Willson ML

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article argues that there is a duty of care held by the State to military veterans who have been technologically enhanced as part of their military service. It suggests that enhancements may be permanent, persistent or protracted and demonstrates how enhancements generate additional moral responsibilities from th...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Henschke A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of British Military Hospitals was established between 1915 and 1918 along the estuary of the River Canche on the northern French coast. Their positions, now obliterated, can be identified from a plan of the time. With the growing realisation of the importance of bacteriology in the treatment of wound infection...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Meynell EW

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the laws of armed conflict military medics are deemed non-combatants, and as such are subject to certain protections and limitations. The non-combatant status is defined in the famous Geneva Conventions, which form the basis of the international law of armed conflict. The protections afforded to medical personne...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Wilkins D,Dieppe C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Confirming airway patency and the presence of breathing has significant limitations when both the casualty and medical personnel are in NBC category 4R. In casualties with limited signs of breathing, IPE may adversely affect the efficiency of clinical assessment, and when the triage sieve is used this coul...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Tong JL,Taylor A,House J,Smith JE

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout the history of war, there have been many instances when the cold has ravaged armies more effectively than their enemies. Delineated risk factors are restricted to negro origins, previous cod injury, moderate but not heavy cigarette smoking and the possession of blood group O. No attention has been directed ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Craig RP

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maxillofacial injuries sustained by British troops requiring aeromedical evacuation to the United Kingdom are almost exclusively treated at The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Birmingham. As a result the Maxillofacial Department has collectively gained extensive experience in the management of ballistic injur...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： McVeigh K,Breeze J,Jeynes P,Martin T,Parmar S,Monaghan AM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The British Army liberated the German concentration camp at Belsen on April 15, 1945. The thousands of inmates (estimates range from 60,000 to 78,900 inmates), mostly Jews from eastern Europe, were dying at a rate of 500-600 per day from disease, and many more were being killed by the German guards and co-workers. Dis...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Trepman E

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Role 2 Afloat provides a damage control resuscitation and surgery facility in support of maritime, littoral and aviation operations. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) offers a rapid, effective solution to exsanguinating haemorrhage from pelvic and non-compressible torso haemorrhage. It ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Rees P,Waller B,Buckley AM,Doran C,Bland S,Scott T,Matthews J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper clinical practice in the military for IUD insertion is outlined. Bimanual examination of the pelvis is prerequisite; a Cusco speculum should be used to visualize the cervix and vagina. Cervical erosion and vaginal discharges should be treated before insertion. The basic insertion method is to fix the blades ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Alexander I

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of military adventurous training (AT) is "to develop, through authorised challenging pursuits and within an outdoor environment, leadership and the qualities necessary to enhance the performance of military personnel during peace and war". An increasing amount of effort is being applied by all three services t...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Mellor A,Jackson S,Hardern R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Military service requires individuals who are free from ill-health and who are physically and mentally robust, and throughout history those who have become unfit for service have been discharged on medical grounds. This paper uses published historical records to examine trends in the rate of discharge for six key cond...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Bergman BP,Miller SA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an important health risk factor for military personnel deployed in modern warfare. In World War I this condition (then known as shell shock or 'neurasthenia') was such a problem that 'forward psychiatry' was begun by French doctors in 1915. Some British doctors tried general an...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： McKenzie AG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, substantial numbers of service personnel survived devastating injuries, presenting significant challenges for early rehabilitation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Royal Centre for Defence Medicine personnel augmented NHS therapy provision, gaining significan...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Pope S,Vickerstaff AL,Wareham AP

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damage Control Radiology describes the process where imaging aids the decision making process in a trauma setting and is an important part of Damage Control Surgery and Resuscitation. This article outlines how radiology fits in to the primary and secondary surveys and discusses the role of imaging modalities such as u...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Gay DA,Miles RM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumorrhachis or intraspinal air is an increasingly encountered phenomenon in the management of severe trauma. The case of a 23-year-old soldier, who sustained a gunshot wound to the chest, is presented and the subsequent discussion illustrates that while often benign this phenomenon may indicate serious occult injur...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Haldane AG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Injury Severity Score (ISS) and GCS can be retrospective markers of injury severity, but if used by clinicians to decide on the treatment of acutely brain-injured casualties at the point of injury may potentially limit interventions on people who may ultimately survive with good functional outcomes. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Bahadur S,McGilloway E,Etherington J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Defence Clinical Psychology Service (DCPS) is the professional clinical psychology service and community of clinical psychology practice within UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The DCPS provides professional clinical care, consultation and research in support of the UK Armed Forces. Regulated by the Health and Care P...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Norris R,McCauley M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical experience of an army surgeon in a military hospital in East Nepal is discussed. The truly general nature of the work load is highlighted and the need for a broad based general training in surgery for such a task is well illustrated. A high degree of interdisciplinary cooperation was experienced and was i...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Ryan JM

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old female soldier developed subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, which remained undiagnosed for 4 years. Referral to dermatology and a punch biopsy confirmed the diagnosis and effective treatment was instituted. The presence of an unresolving annular rash in light-exposed areas, especially in a young wom...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Furzeland J,Malcolm P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 53 consecutive cases of orchidopexy performed at the British Military Hospital Munster between 1984 and 1988 showed that the average of referral for orchidopexy was 4 years 7 months and that the average age at surgery for mal/un-descended testes was 5 years exactly. Sixty-four percent of al...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Corner NB,Bissett RJ,Hull JB,Roberts P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior sterno-clavicular dislocation, or fracture dislocation, as a result of carrying a backpack has not previously been described. We describe two cases, and reflect on the factors that may have led to the injuries, noting that the current PLCE (personal load carrying equipment) may also increase the risk of this ...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Shoaib A,Mehraj Q,Jepson F

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid disease of the liver is highly prevalent in oriental countries including Turkey, in which their population live mostly in rural areas. The outcome of surgical methods used in the management of a cystic cavity in patients with hepatic hydatid disease was evaluated. Three hundred and forty consecutive patients w...

journal_title：Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

authors： Akin ML,Erenoglu C,Uncu EU,Basekim C,Batkin A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00