abstract：:We present the case of a young woman presenting to a military field hospital in Afghanistan with a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) associated with the diet drug sibutramine. We also provide a brief literature review on the association between sibutramine and myocardial infarction. ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Fernandez WG,Biswas AK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical Breast Care Project (CBCP) is a congressionally mandated program that began in the year 2000. The military-civilian collaboration was founded on five pillars: (1) center of excellence in clinical care, (2) risk reduction for women at risk for developing breast cancer, (3) tissue banking to develop and mai...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Shriver CD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of concussion can be difficult in a combat environment, especially in the absence of loss of consciousness or post-traumatic amnesia. As no validated test exists to diagnose or grade neurocognitive impairment from a concussion, the military currently employs the Military Acute Concussion E...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Coldren RL,Kelly MP,Parish RV,Dretsch M,Russell ML

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a growing component of medicine within the U.S. civilian and military populations. Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) Family Medicine Clinic represents an overseas medical facility stationed among a diverse ethnic population. The impact that local cultures have...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kent JB,Oh RC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine substance use and mental health issues among U.S. military personnel. METHODS:Data were from the 2008 (and before) population-based Department of Defense Health Related Behavior Surveys. The sample size for the 2008 survey was 28,546 (70.6% response rate). RESULTS:Analyses examined substance use, st...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bray RM,Pemberton MR,Lane ME,Hourani LL,Mattiko MJ,Babeu LA

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：UNLABELLED:Physical therapists (PTs) serve as physician extenders performing direct access evaluations for musculoskeletal conditions. The previous war-time mission of PTs was limited to level III medical care. Recently PTs began providing care at levels I/II with brigade combat teams (BCTs). PURPOSE:Determine the sen...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rhon DI,Gill N,Teyhen D,Scherer M,Goffar S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active duty military personnel and civilian government employees are at risk for exposure to a variety of pathogens as they meet their mission requirements throughout the world. When they present with a systemic disease, the clinician must entertain a broad differential diagnosis due to the multitude of infectious, ne...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Austad GT,Battafarano DF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared demographic profiles across two rural-urban classification schemes to determine whether rural-urban disparities in health status persisted among Veterans Administration (VA) users over time. Using demographic and SF-12 survey data collected from 2002 to 2006, we conducted serial cross-sectional analyses of...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wallace AE,MacKenzie TA,Wright SM,Weeks WB

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meals ready to eat (MRE) have undergone many revisions of their origins in the trench ration from World War I. The MRE was implemented in 1980. Its design allows extended storage and easy, safe meal preparation. MRE sodium content varies by meal and may range from 1.6 g/meal to 2.3 g/meal. The average MRE contains 1,2...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Feagans JM,Jahann DA,Barkin JS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly military beneficiary is a valued, high-risk, high-cost, and complex individual with unique medical needs. Attention to common geriatric syndromes (such as incontinence) and quality end-of-life care is critical in this population. Care of older adults is part of every adult medical and surgical specialty an...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Unwin BK,Wilson C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:United States Armed Forces and nongovernmental agencies on board the USNS Mercy provided humanitarian and civic assistance to over 68,000 patients in five southeastern Asian nations during Pacific Partnership 2008. A commitment to improving the health and well-being of the citizens of these countries along with streng...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： King HC,Baker W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic industrial chemicals e.g., phosgene, are widely used as reactive intermediates in industrial processes. Inhalation exposure to these chemicals can result in life-threatening acute lung injury (ALI), to which no specific antidote exists. This study aimed to assess the potential benefit of steroids in treating pho...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Smith A,Brown R,Jugg B,Platt J,Mann T,Masey C,Jenner J,Rice P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global operations place large numbers of military and nonmilitary personnel in austere environments. Aeromedical evacuation for cardiovascular issues is periodically required. The Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Telemedicine Consultation Program was initiated by the Office of the Surgeon General to electronicall...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Rand ER,Lappan CM,Lee JC,Furgerson JL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania infections in American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have raised concern that veterans could serve as reservoirs of Old World parasites for domestic vector populations. A survey of sand flies on three U.S. Army facilities in the southern United States was conducted to identify potential vectors. Five spe...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Claborn DM,Rowton ED,Lawyer PG,Brown GC,Keep LW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correspondence of three core Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scales (Intrusive Experiences, Defensive Avoidance, and Anxious Arousal) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-IV) PTSD module were examined among 72 veterans with traumatic brain injury (...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bahraini NH,Brenner LA,Harwood JE,Homaifar BY,Ladley-O'Brien SE,Filley CM,Kelly JP,Adler LE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help preserve in-theater strength within deployed military units, commercially available, rapid, user-friendly ABO-Rh blood typing kits were evaluated to determine their stability in storage conditions commonly encountered by the warfighter. Methods for environmental exposure testing were based on MIL-STD-810F. Whe...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Bienek DR,Chang CK,Charlton DG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial research has demonstrated an association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and quality of sleep, particularly in veteran populations. The exact nature of this relationship, however, is not clear. The possibility that poor sleep is a more general experience among veterans has not been explored t...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Lewis V,Creamer M,Failla S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone and soft-tissue loss are common extremity injuries sustained in current military conflicts. Selected host national patients had their definitive orthopedic care performed at our combat support hospital. Soft-tissue reconstruction can be a challenging task in this environment. There are several situation...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hsu JR,Beltran MJ,Skeletal Trauma Research Consortium.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peacekeepers deployed to Kosovo (N = 203) were evaluated prospectively, before the mission (August 2000) and at postdeployment, on a number of mental health and functional impairment variables. We examined the association between PTSD symptom subclusters and three indicators of functional impairment using hierarchical...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Maguen S,Stalnaker M,McCaslin S,Litz BT

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Assessment of Recruit Motivation and Strength (ARMS) project evaluated whether active duty Army enlistees who exceeded weight and body-fat standards but were able to pass the ARMS physical fitness test were at elevated risk of early attrition relative to the traditional recruit population. Attrition among 1146 ove...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Niebuhr DW,Scott CT,Li Y,Bedno SA,Han W,Powers TE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria was eradicated and the Republic of Korea (ROK) declared "malaria free" in 1979. However, in 1993, a temperate strain of vivax malaria, expressing both latent and nonlatent disease populations, re-emerged near the demilitarized zone (DMZ), rapidly spread to civilian sectors near the DMZ, and increased exponenti...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kim HC,Pacha LA,Lee WJ,Lee JK,Gaydos JC,Sames WJ,Lee HC,Bradley K,Jeung GG,Tobler SK,Klein TA

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint. Patients with shoulder pain who are seeking care in a military tertiary setting in the United States have not been previously described. This study describes the clinical features of 55 patients (47 men, 8 women) undergoing shoulder surgery at a tertiary care milita...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Walsworth MK,Doukas WC,Murphy KP,Bimson W,Mielcarek BJ,Michener LA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The federal initiative for electronic health record (EHR) interoperability began in 2000 and set the stage for the establishment of the 2004 Executive Order for EHR interoperability by 2014. This article discusses the chronology from the 2001 e-Government Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) initiative through the cu...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Hufnagel SP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical outcomes of an aggressive combined cooling technique for exertional heatstroke in Thailand. METHODS:We analyzed patients who were diagnosed with exertional heatstroke between 1995 and 2007. Outcomes were assessed both in hospital and at 3 months follow-up. RESULTS:Twenty-eight case...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Sithinamsuwan P,Piyavechviratana K,Kitthaweesin T,Chusri W,Orrawanhanothai P,Wongsa A,Wattanathum A,Chinvarun Y,Nidhinandana S,Satirapoj B,Supasyndh O,Sriswasdi C,Prayoonwiwat W,Phramongkutklao Army Hospital Exertional Heatstro

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most prevalent human enzyme deficiency, affecting an estimated 400 million people worldwide. G6PD deficiency increases erythrocyte vulnerability to oxidative stress and may precipitate episodes of hemolysis when individuals are exposed to triggering agents. Al...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kotwal RS,Butler FK Jr,Murray CK,Hill GJ,Rayfield JC,Miles EA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States military relies on visual acuity standards to assess enlistment induction and military occupational specialty eligibility, as well as to monitor soldiers' combat vision readiness. However, these vision standards are not evidence based and may not accurately reflect appropriate standards for military ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wells KH,Wagner H,Reich LN,Hardigan PC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential health issues arising from embedded metal fragment injuries are an operational health issue in the military medical community. Embedded fragment injuries can occur not only from standard-use munitions, but also from improvised explosive devices (IEDs). With few exceptions, the behavior of metal fragments, wh...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Kane MA,Kasper CE,Kalinich JF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial thromboembolic events are not common after chemotherapy. We present a case of a cerebrovascular accident, which developed after chemotherapy in a patient with a germ cell tumor. A 34-year-old man with a testicular germ cell tumor who did not have any comorbid disease was admitted to hospital. After a radical ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Karagoz B,Bilgi O,Akyol I,Ozgun A,Turken O,Kandemir EG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation is to determine if intraosseous infusion (IO) is a suitable method for the delivery of recombinant human factor VIIa (rFVIIa) during hemorrhagic shock. The measures that were used to evaluate IO delivery suitability included: (1) determination of clinically significant local or system...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Wright JK,Christy RJ,Tharp RV,Kalns JE

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of foot blisters and other overuse injuries of the lower limb is very high during basic military training (BMT). One hundred and eighty-nine subjects were divided into two intervention groups wearing alternative sock systems and one control group. Overall, 57% of the 173 recruits who completed the traini...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Van Tiggelen D,Wickes S,Coorevits P,Dumalin M,Witvrouw E

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:This study evaluated the efficacy of a brief cognitive-behavioral program in modifying causal attributions, expectancy of control, coping strategies, and psychological adjustment in a sample of Australian Army soldiers undergoing a 45-day recruit training program. Participants (N = 174) were randomly allocated within ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Cohn A,Pakenham K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the sources of Air Force (AF) Family Advocacy Program referrals (N = 42,389) for child and spouse maltreatment between 2000 and 2004. Sources of referrals were stable over time, with military sources accounting for the majority of both child and spouse referrals. Most (85%) of spouse maltre...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Linkh DJ,Besetsny LK,Collins PS,Thomsen CJ,Rabenhorst MM,Rosenbaum A,Milner JS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several of the casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom arriving at one Veterans Administration (VA) polytrauma rehabilitation center (PRC) were noted to have occipital pressure ulcers or hair loss. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of pressure-related injuries in VA PRC ...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Harrow JJ,Rashka SL,Fitzgerald SG,Nelson AL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "intersex" describes a variety of medical conditions in which sex determination is atypical. One of its most severe forms is an inadequate response to androgens due to mutations in the androgen receptor gene, which may manifest as a complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). In this form of intersex con...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Marom T,Itskoviz D,Ostfeld I

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Many studies have shown that community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMRSA) is a very prevalent organism. However, no data have been published to date with regard to CAMRSA prevalence in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) of a military medical facility. Our obj...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Dufresne GW,Wells RD,Pfaff JA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromedical (AM) evacuation of trauma victims from action is an integral part of trauma care. The Israeli Air Force Rescue and Evacuation Unit is responsible for nearly all AM evacuations in Israel. We present three recent cases, within 1 year of operation, of engagement process failure during evacuations performed by...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Schwartz D,Marmor MT,Geftler A,Barenboim E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine physical work performance, energy cost, and physiological fatigue in military personnel during simulated operational conditions. Using a within-subject, repeated-measures design, 34 military personnel volunteered to undergo two experimental conditions: with body armor (BA+) and...

journal_title：Military medicine

authors： Ricciardi R,Deuster PA,Talbot LA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00