Recently added articles from Military Medicine:
The U.S. Military Wartime Pediatric Trauma Mission: How Surgeons and Pediatricians are Adapting the System to Address the Need
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Purpose: Over 3,500 infants and children, many critically ill and injured, have been admitted to military combat support hospitals (CSH) in Afghanistan and Iraq, which are not doctrinally staffed or equipped to provide their care. This report details how the military medical system is ...
Illness and Injury Risk and Healthcare Utilization, United States Air Force Battlefield Airmen and Security Forces, 2000-2005
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To study the illness and injury risk and healthcare utilization of male U.S. Air Force (USAF) battlefield airmen in comparison to male USAF security forces. Methods: Using data in electronic format, battlefield airmen (n = 2,089) and security forces personnel (n = 19,416) ...
Association of Bacterial Colonization at the Time of Presentation to a Combat Support Hospital in a Combat Zone With Subsequent 30-Day Colonization or Infection
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT U.S. casualties have developed multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. A surveillance project to evaluate U.S. military patients for the presence of MDR pathogens from wounding through the first 30 days of care in the military healthcare system (MHS) was performed. U.S. military ...
Use of Vector Diagnostics During Military Deployments: Recent Experience in Iraq and Afghanistan
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis are a threat to military forces deployed outside of the United States. The availability of specific information on the vector-borne disease threat (e.g., presence or absence of a specific disease agent, temporal and ...
Operational Impact of Health Problems Observed During a Four-Month Military Deployment in Ivory Coast
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Diseases always have a significant impact during military deployments. We evaluated the operational impact of health problems observed in a French infantry battalion (n = 690) during a 4-month assignment in Ivory Coast. In all, 55.7% of soldiers consulted at least once and sought care ...