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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
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2020
The goal of this protocol is to enable non-dental professionals to assess oral health status for research or health-screening purposes. Aspects assessed include lips, tongue, soft and hard tissues, natural and artificial teeth, oral cleanliness, plaque, swallowing, and impact of oral health on quality of life.
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The Portable Chemical Sterilizer (PCS), D-FENS, and D-FEND ALL: Novel Chlorine Dioxide Decontamination Technologies for the Military
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2014
The Portable Chemical Sterilizer (PCS) is a revolutionary, energy-independent, almost waterless sterilization technology for Army medical units. The PCS generates chlorine dioxide from dry reagents mixed with water on-site, at-will, and at point-of-use (PoU) in a plastic suitcase. The Disinfectant-sprayer for Foods and ENvironmentally-friendly Sanitation (D-FENS) and the Disinfectant for ENvironmentally-friendly Decontamination, All-purpose (D-FEND ALL) produce aqueous chlorine dioxide in a...
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Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting (Propensity Score) using the Military Health System Data Repository and National Death Index
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2020
When randomized controlled trials are not feasible, a comprehensive health care data source like the Military Health System Data Repository provides an attractive alternative for retrospective analyses. Incorporating mortality data from the national death index and balancing differences between groups using propensity weighting helps reduce biases inherent in retrospective designs.
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Safety Precautions and Operating Procedures in an (A)BSL-4 Laboratory: 1. Biosafety Level 4 Suit Laboratory Suite Entry and Exit Procedures
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2016
Although researchers are generally knowledgeable about procedures and safety precautions required for biosafety level 1 or 2 (BSL-1/2) experiments, they may not be familiar with experimental procedures in BSL-4 suit laboratories. This article provides a detailed visual demonstration of BSL-4 suit laboratory systems check, laboratory entry, movement, and exit procedures.
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Dissection and Coronal Slice Preparation of Developing Mouse Pituitary Gland
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2017
We present a protocol to dissect pituitary glands and prepare pituitary coronal sections from developing mice.
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Health and performance are influenced by the interaction of training load, deployment circumstances, environmental exposure, and operational demands. These factors can create different clinical needs across settings, so military medicine must address both immediate threats and conditions that develop over time. This broad assessment supports decisions about prevention, treatment, readiness, and rehabilitation.
Preventive care and medical readiness programs address health before illness or injury becomes an operational problem. Within the military setting, they complement treatment by supporting preparedness for deployment and demanding activities. Their importance is that care is not limited to episodes of trauma: infectious disease, heat and cold stress, nutrition, and occupational hazards also require systematic attention.
Combat injuries require urgent clinical attention, but service members may also experience infectious disease, environmental stress, psychological trauma, nutritional problems, and occupational hazards. Treating these as part of one health system gives clinicians a broader basis for protecting health and performance, rather than focusing exclusively on visible battlefield injuries.
Care may progress from field triage to trauma stabilization, evacuation, and rehabilitation. Field triage helps assess priorities when resources or conditions are constrained; stabilization addresses immediate traumatic needs before movement; evacuation transfers the patient through the care system; and rehabilitation supports recovery afterward. Together, these stages connect immediate response with longer-term medical management.
Planning includes more than combat injury management. The overview identifies infectious disease, heat and cold stress, psychological trauma, nutrition, and occupational hazards as important concerns, alongside readiness and emergency care. Considering this range helps military clinicians and health programs address the varied risks created by training, deployment, and demanding operating environments.
Research with military personnel informs emergency medicine, public health, human performance, and disaster response. Lessons from managing trauma, austere care, environmental stress, disease, and rehabilitation can strengthen broader care systems, including those used for civilian populations. Its value therefore extends beyond military operations by contributing knowledge relevant to emergencies and challenging healthcare conditions.