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Musculoskeletal Injuries and United States Army Readiness Part I: Overview of Injuries and their Strategic Impact by Molloy, Joseph M, Pendergrass, Timothy L, Lee, Ian E, Chervak, Michelle C, Hauret, Keith G, Rhon, Daniel I

“…Abstract Introduction Noncombat injuries (“injuries”) greatly impact soldier health and United States (U.S.) Army readiness; they are the leading cause of…”
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Heart Rate Variability as a Possible Predictive Marker for Acute Inflammatory Response in COVID-19 Patients by Hasty, Frederick, García, Guillermo, Dávila, Héctor, Wittels, S Howard, Hendricks, Stephanie, Chong, Stephanie

“…Increases in C-reactive protein (CRP) are used to track the inflammatory process of COVID-19 and are associated with disease state progression. Decreases in…”
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Whole Blood Transfusion by Cap, Andrew P, Beckett, Andrew, Benov, Avi, Borgman, Matthew, Chen, Jacob, Corley, Jason B, Doughty, Heidi, Fisher, Andrew, Glassberg, Elon, Gonzales, Richard, Kane, Shawn F, Malloy, Wilbur W, Nessen, Shawn, Perkins, Jeremy G, Prat, Nicolas, Quesada, Jose, Reade, Michael, Sailliol, Anne, Spinella, Philip C, Stockinger, Zsolt, Strandenes, Geir, Taylor, Audra, Yazer, Mark, Bryant, Barbara, Gurney, Jennifer

“…Whole blood is the preferred product for resuscitation of severe traumatic hemorrhage. It contains all the elements of blood that are necessary for oxygen…”
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Psychometric evaluation of the Moral Injury Events Scale by Nash, William P, Marino Carper, Teresa L, Mills, Mary Alice, Au, Teresa, Goldsmith, Abigail, Litz, Brett T

“…Literature describing the phenomenology of the stress of combat suggests that war-zone experiences may lead to adverse psychological outcomes such as…”
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Physical Exercise as Treatment for PTSD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Björkman, Frida, Ekblom, Örjan

“…ABSTRACT Introduction Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a cluster of physical and psychiatric symptoms following military or civilian trauma. The effect…”
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Y-balance test: a reliability study involving multiple raters by Shaffer, Scott W, Teyhen, Deydre S, Lorenson, Chelsea L, Warren, Rick L, Koreerat, Christina M, Straseske, Crystal A, Childs, John D

“…The Y-balance test (YBT) is one of the few field expedient tests that have shown predictive validity for injury risk in an athletic population. However,…”
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Damage Control Resuscitation by Cap, Andrew P, Pidcoke, Heather F, Spinella, Philip, Strandenes, Geir, Borgman, Matthew A, Schreiber, Martin, Holcomb, John, Tien, Homer Chin-Nan, Beckett, Andrew N, Doughty, Heidi, Woolley, Tom, Rappold, Joseph, Ward, Kevin, Reade, Michael, Prat, Nicolas, Ausset, Sylvain, Kheirabadi, Bijan, Benov, Avi, Griffin, Edward P, Corley, Jason B, Simon, Clayton D, Fahie, Roland, Jenkins, Donald, Eastridge, Brian J, Stockinger, Zsolt

“…Damage control resuscitation (DCR) is a strategy for resuscitating patients from hemorrhagic shock to rapidly restore homeostasis. Efforts are focused on blood…”
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Cancer Incidence Among Patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 2010 Update by Zullig, Leah L, Sims, Kellie J, McNeil, Rebecca, Williams, Christina D, Jackson, George L, Provenzale, Dawn, Kelley, Michael J

“…Nearly 50,000 incident cancer cases are reported in Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) annually. This article provides an updated report of…”
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The Toxicity, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Acute Hydrazine Propellant Exposure: A Systematic Review by Nguyen, HoanVu N, Chenoweth, James A, Bebarta, Vikhyat S, Albertson, Timothy E, Nowadly, Craig D

“…ABSTRACT Introduction Hydrazines are highly toxic inorganic liquids that are used as propellants in military and aviation industries, such as the U.S. Air…”
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Maximizing the Resilience of Healthcare Workers in Multi-hazard Events: Lessons from the 2014–2015 Ebola Response in Africa by Schreiber, Merritt, Cates, David S, Formanski, Stephen, King, Michael

“…Abstract There is increasing knowledge that health care workers (HCWs) can experience a variety of emotional impacts when responding to disasters and terrorism…”
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Racial Disparities in the Military Health System: A Framework Synthesis by Koehlmoos, Tracey Pérez, Korona-Bailey, Jessica, Janvrin, Miranda Lynn, Madsen, Cathaleen

“…ABSTRACT Introduction Racial disparities in health care are a well-documented phenomenon in the USA. Universal insurance has been suggested as a solution to…”
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Preliminary evaluation of PTSD Coach, a smartphone app for post-traumatic stress symptoms by Kuhn, Eric, Greene, Carolyn, Hoffman, Julia, Nguyen, Tam, Wald, Laura, Schmidt, Janet, Ramsey, Kelly M, Ruzek, Josef

“…PTSD Coach is a mobile application (app) designed to help individuals who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms better understand and self-manage…”
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Contribute to Worse Pain and Health Outcomes in Veterans With PTSD Compared to Those Without: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis by Benedict, Timothy M, Keenan, Patrick G, Nitz, Arthur J, Moeller-Bertram, Tobias

“…Abstract Introduction Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain are frequently co-morbid conditions in the U.S. veteran population. Although…”
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Impact of an Education Intervention on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Military Base Population by Li, Peter C, Theis, Samuel R, Kelly, Devin, Ocampo, Thad, Berglund, Andrew, Morgan, Damien, Markert, Ronald, Fisher, Evan, Burtson, Kathryn

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy is a major impediment to achieving herd immunity and overcoming the current pandemic. Our aim was to…”
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Misuse of Tourniquets in Ukraine may be Costing More Lives and Limbs than they Save by Stevens, Rom A, Baker, Michael S, Zubach, Ostap B, Samotowka, Michael

“…Hands-on training and social media sites have heavily emphasized the use of tourniquets to treat limb injuries during the Ukraine war. Tourniquet overuse or…”
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Application of Hemostatic Tourniquet on Wounded Extremities in Modern "Trench" Warfare: The View of a Vascular Surgeon by Yatsun, Vladyslav

“…Blood vessel injuries in modern military conflicts account for 12% of all wounds (1), and 50%-95% of these involve arterial damage in extremities (3, 5)…”
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Review of Military Casualties in Modern Conflicts—The Re-emergence of Casualties From Armored Warfare by Khorram-Manesh, Amir, Goniewicz, Krzysztof, Burkle, Frederick M, Robinson, Yohan

“…ABSTRACT Introduction The re-emergence of armored warfare in modern conflicts has resulted in a higher number of extremity injuries, burns, and brain injuries…”
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Prehospital Lessons From the War in Ukraine: Damage Control Resuscitation and Surgery Experiences From Point of Injury to Role 2 by Quinn, John, Panasenko, Serhii I, Leshchenko, Yaroslav, Gumeniuk, Konstantyn, Onderková, Anna, Stewart, David, Gimpelson, A J, Buriachyk, Mykola, Martinez, Manuel, Parnell, Tracey A, Brain, Leonid, Sciulli, Luke, Holcomb, John B

“…The ongoing war in Ukraine presents unique challenges to prehospital medical care for wounded combatants and civilians. The purpose of this article is to…”
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Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Hemorrhagic Shock by Cannon, Jeremy, Morrison, Jonathan, Lauer, Cynthia, Grabo, Daniel, Polk, Travis, Blackbourne, Lorne, Dubose, Joseph, Rasmussen, Todd

“…This clinical practice guideline (CPG) reviews the range of accepted management approaches to profound shock and post-traumatic cardiac arrest and establishes…”
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Heart Rate Variability as an Index of Resilience by An, Eric, Nolty, Anne A T, Amano, Stacy S, Rizzo, Albert A, Buckwalter, J Galen, Rensberger, Jared

“…Abstract Introduction Resilience is the ability to maintain or quickly return to a stable physical and psychological equilibrium despite experiencing stressful…”
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