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{"title":"Race Differences in Veteran's Affairs Emergency Department Utilization.","authors":"Shamira J Rothmiller, Brian C Lund, Diana J Burgess, Sangil Lee, Katherine Hadlandsmyth","doi":"10.1093/milmed/usac152","DOIUrl":"10.1093/milmed/usac152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>African Americans (AAs) experience disparities in chronic pain care. This study aimed to identify the rates of emergency department (ED) utilization for visits associated with chronic pain diagnoses among AAs compared to Whites and to determine variables that accounted for any differences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective observational study used national Veterans Affairs (Veteran's Health Administration) administrative data to identify Veterans with chronic pain diagnoses in 2018. Race/ethnicity was self-reported and assessed to examine if differences exist in ED utilization. Differences between AAs and Whites were examined using negative binomial regression models, controlling for ethnicity. Multivariable models (including demographics, pain characteristics, psychiatric comorbidities, medical comorbidities, pain-related health care utilization, and medication utilization) were examined to determine factors that contributed to these disparities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 2,261,030 patients, 22% (n = 492,138) were AA. The incidence rate ratio of ED utilization for AAs, relative to Whites, was 1.58 (95% CI: 1.56-1.59). The only independent variable that produced a clinically meaningful reduction in the race effect on ED use was rurality, which was associated with reduced ED use. Post hoc model including all variables reduced the race effect to 1.37 (95% CI: 1.36-1.38).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AA Veterans had a 58% greater risk of ED utilization for visits associated with chronic pain diagnoses relative to White Veterans, which remained meaningfully elevated after adjustment for observable confounders (37%). This observation may reflect disparities in outpatient chronic pain care for AAs. Future research could focus on enhancing therapeutic alliance in primary care to improve chronic pain treatment for AAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":" ","pages":"3599-3605"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43864951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diagnostic Accuracy of the Boston Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury-Lifetime Clinical Interview Compared to Department of Defense Medical Records.","authors":"Sahra Kim, Alyssa Currao, Jennifer R Fonda, Brigitta Beck, Alexandra Kenna, Catherine B Fortier","doi":"10.1093/milmed/usac162","DOIUrl":"10.1093/milmed/usac162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Since 2006, efforts have been made to increase the accurate identification of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in post-9/11 military personnel. The Boston Assessment of TBI-Lifetime (BAT-L) is the first validated instrument designed specifically to diagnose TBIs throughout the life span in post-9/11 Veterans. The objective was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the BAT-L with medical records from the Department of Defense (DoD).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Traumatic brain injury diagnosis for 153 Veterans deployed in 2011 enrolled in the Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorder longitudinal cohort study from the BAT-L clinical interview was compared to DoD online medical records to determine diagnostic prevalence and injury severity for all head injury cases during deployment. Sensitivity, specificity, Cohen's kappa, and Kendall's tau-b were calculated for TBI diagnosis and severity. Concordant TBI cases and discordant TBI cases were compared using chi-square and t-test analyses. This study has been approved by VA Boston by Institutional Review Boards for human participants' protection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Correspondence of TBI diagnoses from the BAT-L with DoD records was fair (κ = 0.42; sensitivity = 72.7%; specificity = 82.8%). Comparison of injury severity also showed fair correspondence (κ = 0.41). Missing TBI diagnostic data from DoD records were frequent; 43% of TBIs reported on the BAT-L did not have any documentation of assessment or diagnoses in DoD records.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study addresses a critical gap in research by comparing the diagnostic accuracy of a validated, semi-structured clinical interview with available medical records. Diagnosis of TBIs via the BAT-L was both sensitive and specific when compared to DoD records, supporting the validity of the BAT-L for retrospective assessment of military TBI. However, diagnostic correspondence was only fair. This lack of diagnostic agreement was related to multiple factors including lack of documentation at the time of injury by DoD, differences in assessment and goals, and other combat-related motivational factors associated with failure to report injuries while deployed. Several policies have been implemented to address underreporting and under-documentation of TBIs, yet challenges remain. Recommendations for evaluating TBI are presented. Accurate diagnosis of TBI is necessary for appropriate treatment planning, as well as service-related compensation.</p>","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":" ","pages":"3561-3569"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43967802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Symptoms and Central Sensory Integration in People With Chronic mTBI: Clinical Implications.","authors":"Douglas N Martini, Geetanjali Gera, Barbara H Brumbach, Kody R Campbell, Lucy Parrington, James Chesnutt, Laurie A King","doi":"10.1093/milmed/usac157","DOIUrl":"10.1093/milmed/usac157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Balance deficits in people with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI; ≥3 months post-mTBI), thought to relate to central sensory integration deficits, are subtle and often difficult to detect. The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity of the instrumented modified clinical test of sensory integration for balance (mCTSIB) in identifying such balance deficits in people with symptomatic, chronic mTBI and to establish the associations between balance and mTBI symptom scores in the chronic mTBI group.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Institutional Review Board approved these study methods. Forty-one people with chronic mTBI and balance complaints and 53 healthy controls performed the mCTSIB (eyes open/closed on firm/foam surfaces; EoFi, EcFi, EoFo, and EcFo) with a wearable sensor on their waist to quantify sway area (m2/s4). Sensory reweighting variables were calculated for the firm and foam stance conditions. A stopwatch provided the clinical outcome for the mCTSIB (time). Each participant completed the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI), which quantifies mTBI-related symptoms and provides a total score, as well as sub-scores on affective, cognitive, somatic, and vestibular domains.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mTBI group reported significantly higher symptom scores across each NSI sub-score (all Ps < .001). The mTBI group had a significantly larger sway area than the control group across all mCTSIB conditions and the mTBI group had significantly higher sensory reweighting scores compared to the control group on both the firm (P = .01) and foam (P = .04) surfaces. Within the mTBI group, the NSI vestibular score significantly related to the mCTSIB sway area EcFi (r = 0.38; P = .02), sway area EcFo (r = 0.43; P = .006), sensory reweighting firm (r = 0.33; P = .04), and sensory reweighting foam (r = 0.38; P = .02). The average sway area across the 4 mCTSIB conditions was significantly (area under the curve: 0.77; P < .001) better at differentiating groups than the mCTSIB clinical total score. The average sway area across the 4 mCTSIB conditions had a sensitivity of 73% and a specificity of 71%. The clinical mCTSIB outcome scores were not different between groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>People with chronic mTBI appear to have central sensory integration deficits detectable by instrumented measures of postural assessment. These findings suggest that central sensory integration should be targeted in rehabilitation for people with chronic mTBI.</p>","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":" ","pages":"3553-3560"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629982/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45271632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physiological Demands and Characteristics of Movement During Simulated Combat.","authors":"Jonas Larsson, M Charlotte Olsson, Ann Bremander, Magnus Dencker","doi":"10.1093/milmed/usac163","DOIUrl":"10.1093/milmed/usac163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Military tasks place considerable physiological demands on the soldier. It is therefore important to know the energy expenditure of soldiers while solving tasks in different environments. The purpose of this study was to describe the cardiorespiratory demands of certain movements and activities on ground combat soldiers during military field operations using body sensors and simulated combat.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Movement characteristics and cardiorespiratory responses were assessed in 42 soldiers (three women) in the Swedish Army. The different posts assessed were commander, combat engineer, driver, and gunner. The military field exercises examined were urban operations and retrograde operations in rough terrain. Measurements included (1) body mass, (2) heart rate (HR) including maximal (HRmax), (3) velocity, (4) accelerations/decelerations, and (5) distance moved. Maximal aerobic capacity (V̇O2peak, mL·kg-1·min-1) was tested in a laboratory setting when wearing combat gear and body armor.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a weak positive correlation (r = 0.41 and 0.28, both P < .05) between VO2peak and percentage of time over 40% and 50% of maximal aerobic capacity during simulated combat. No differences were found for the different posts in time spent over 40% or 50% of maximal aerobic capacity and 76% of their HRmax (P > .05). Wearing combat gear and additional load while solving tasks resulted in mean HR varying between 98 and 111 beats·min-1, corresponding with 50-57% of the soldiers HRmax. Studying all exercises, mean HR was 105 ± 11 beats min-1, 54 ± 5% of HRmax corresponding to light work intensity. Soldiers performed between 2.8 and 4.9 accelerations/min in the different exercises. A significant correlation between V̇O2peak (mL kg-1 min-1) and acceleration and m/min were found, implying that soldiers with good aerobic capacity were able to cope better with tasks requiring quick movements.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Conducting military operations in urban terrain and retrograde operations in rough terrain strains ground combat soldiers' cardiorespiratory system, with work intensities close to 40% of maximal aerobic capacity in 15-33% of mission time. Tasks with external load carriage include change of direction, accelerations, bounds, and jumping over obstacles, and physical fitness tests should replicate this. Findings in this study also add objective data to the physiological demands of work performed by combat soldiers while conducting urban operations and retrograde operations in rough terrain. These findings could be used to develop a model for classifying work demands for ground combat forces.</p>","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":" ","pages":"3496-3505"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629984/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49597540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlates of Dietary Behaviors Among Young Emirati Males Completing Compulsory Military Service.","authors":"Ahmad M Malkawi, Ree M Meertens, Stef P J Kremers, Ester F C van der Borgh-Sleddens, Gareth C Picknell, Mouza Al Shehhi","doi":"10.1093/milmed/usac150","DOIUrl":"10.1093/milmed/usac150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>It is important to understand the correlates of different dietary behaviors in a military context in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to guide intervention development to prevent and treat obesity as it has a significant impact at the country and regional level. This study aimed to assess different dietary behaviors and their association with potential correlates including age, marital status, educational level, smoking status, screen time, dietary knowledge, eating self-efficacy, and general self-efficacy.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The study used a cross-sectional design and included 153 (M = 25.9 years, SD = ± 3.2) military recruits completing their basic training at a single military camp in the UAE. Dietary behaviors of these recruits were measured using the Arab Teens Lifestyle Study. Other potential correlates included dietary knowledge, general self-efficacy, and eating efficacy. The ethical approval was obtained from the research ethics committee in the UAE university.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Daily intake of fruits, vegetables, and breakfast was reported by 14.4%, 25.5%, and 22.9% of the military recruits, respectively. Almost half of the recruits (46.4%) consumed sugar-sweetened drinks more than 3 times a week, 39.2% consumed fast food more than 3 times a week, and 37.3% consumed sweets/chocolates more than 3 times a week. Bivariate regression analyses revealed that eating self-efficacy was positively associated with breakfast and dairy food consumption, although it was inversely associated with sugar, fast-food, and French fries intake. Age was significantly and inversely associated with sugar, fast-food, and energy drink intake. Moreover, nutrition knowledge was significantly and positively correlated with vegetable intake and negatively correlated with energy drink consumption. Multiple regressions showed that lower age and lower eating self-efficacy were found to be the main predictors for sugar-sweetened drinks (adjusted R2 = 0.112) and fast-food intake (adjusted R2 = 0.084). Also, a higher dietary knowledge score was a predictor of vegetable intake (adjusted R2 = 0.093), although age and smoking predict energy drink intake (adjusted R2 = 0.225).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results show that unhealthy eating patterns are common among new recruits in the UAE military. The study suggests that age, eating self-efficacy, and nutrition knowledge are the main correlates of selected dietary behaviors. Interventions are advised to target these correlates to achieve healthier dietary habits inside the military.</p>","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":" ","pages":"3488-3495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46528181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE PROBLEM OF DIABETES IN THE TREATMENT OF VERTEBRAL INFECTION","authors":"Kornilov A. V., Kuncevich M. V., Alexeev D. S., Kornilova Z. V., Zemko V. Yu.","doi":"10.51922/2074-5044.2023.1.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51922/2074-5044.2023.1.22","url":null,"abstract":"The study included 88 patients with vertebral infection (nonspecific spinal osteomyelitis – M46.3, spinal epidural abscess – G06.1), of which 24 (27.3%) had diabetes. If the patient had impaired glucose metabolism, the lethality increased by 3.9 times. A key factor in the development of severe neurological deficit in patients with vertebral infection was the combination of epiduritis and diabetes. With the help of cluster analysis, it was found that the highest mortality (45%) is observed in patients who, in addition to the inflammatory focus in the spine, had diabetes, coronary heart disease and nephropathy.","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70856789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SAGITTAL STABILITY OF THE KNEE JOINT AFTER TOTAL ARTHROPLASTY USING A COMPUTER NAVIGATION SYSTEM","authors":"Alqatawneh Mohammad Ali, Zhuk E. V., Bespalchuk P. I., Malets V.","doi":"10.51922/2074-5044.2023.1.66","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51922/2074-5044.2023.1.66","url":null,"abstract":"The article provides a comparative analysis of the functional results of total knee arthroplasty and knee postoperative stability in the Sagittal plane in 124 patients (22 men and 102 women) suffering from gonarthrosis, aged 51 to 83 years (average 69.8 years), operated on with using a standard technique (n = 62) or using a computer navigation system (n = 62), observed for 6 to 36 months. from the time of surgery. The use of the navigation system made it possible in some cases to perform more accurate resection in the sagittal plane of the femur and tibia (9,6% of cases of deviations from the sagittal plane versus 25,8 % in the control group), as well as to achieve the optimal range of motion after arthroplasty: 124,8±1,7 versus 127±4,7 (p < 0.05).","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70857270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CORRECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN A TIME OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC","authors":"Bova A. A., Gromova Y. M., Metelsky S. M.","doi":"10.51922/2074-5044.2023.1.79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51922/2074-5044.2023.1.79","url":null,"abstract":"Arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus – established large risk factors for cardiovascular diseases associated with atherosclerosis – are among the most common comorbidities in patients with coronavirus infection. Each of the pathologies, and especially their combination increases the cardiovascular risk, and in case of SARS-Cov-2 infection, the risk of severe course of infection and mortality. The article discusses the mechanisms of mutual burden of coronavirus infection, arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, provides a new concept of activating the immune system in hypertension, considers modern approaches to antihypertensive therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus.","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70857385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ACUTE PANCREATITIS OF BILIARY ETIOLOGY. Report 1. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CURRENT VIEWS ON PATHOGENESIS","authors":"Mazanik A. V.","doi":"10.51922/2074-5044.2023.2.102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51922/2074-5044.2023.2.102","url":null,"abstract":"The epidemiological data and modern ideas concerning the pathogenesis of acute biliary pancreatitis are presented. Acute pancreatitis of biliary etiology is a widespread pathology with the lethality rate of 2–7%, and at a severe course – 17–39%. The leading pathogenetic mechanism of acute pancreatitis of biliary etiology is pancreaticobiliary ductal hypertesion. During the conservative treatment the relapse rate of acute biliary pancreatitis reaches 90% with the lethality rate up to 31%. The only risk factor of the relapse development is refusal to perform cholecystectomy after the first attack of acute biliary pancreatitis to the patients whose condition permitted to survive the intervention.","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70857576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE HISTORY OF THE BELARUSIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL BUSINESS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SNOVSKY № 2 MILITARY HOSPITAL OF THE BORDER SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS (In connection with the 80th anniversary of the formation)","authors":"Ishutin O. S., Trunov R. V., Kraseva N. V.","doi":"10.51922/2074-5044.2023.2.137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51922/2074-5044.2023.2.137","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents the main historical milestones associated with the formation of the hospital in 1943, its location during combat work during the Great Patriotic War and medical activity in the post-war years. The management staff of the hospital, medical and service personnel of the institution for the period from 1943 to 2014 are presented.","PeriodicalId":86137,"journal":{"name":"Military surgeon","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70858034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}