Medical support of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Surveillance of Disease and Nonbattle Injuries During US Army Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Disease and nonbattle injury (DNBI) are the leading causes of morbidity during wars and military operations. However, adequate medical data were never before available to service public health centers to conduct DNBI surveillance during deployments. This article describes the process, results and lessons learned from centralized DNBI surveillance by the US Army Center for Health Promotion and P...

Pediatric care as part of the US Army medical mission in the global war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, December 2001 to December 2004.

OBJECTIVE Our objective in this report was to describe the epidemiologic features of and workload associated with pediatric admissions to 12 US Army military hospitals deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. METHODS The Patient Administration Systems and Biostatistics Activity database was queried for all local national patients <18 years of age who were admitted to deployed Army hospitals in Afgha...

Prevalence of acute respiratory tract diseases among soldiers deployed for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Respiratory diseases are one of the most common health problems among service personnel assigned to contemporary military operations which are conducted in areas characterized by adverse environmental conditions. This article reviews the results of the studies into the prevalence of acute respiratory tract diseases among soldiers of the Polish Military Contingent deployed to Iraq and Afghanista...

Military history of increasing survival: The U.S. military experience with tourniquets and hemostatic dressings in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.

SLEEP PATTERNS IN MILITARY PERSONNEL Sleep Patterns Before, During, and After Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan

1615 Sleep Patterns and Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan—Seelig et al ACCORDING TO A 2008 REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION, AMERICANS ARE WORKING MORE AND SLEEPING LESS, WITH THE AVERAGE work day lasting 9 hours 28 minutes and time in bed only 6 hours 55 minutes.1 The US military is at particularly high risk for sleep disturbances due to hazardous working conditions, inconsistent wor...