The role of nutrition and performance is well established. Service members' physical and
cognitive performance, sleep and mood are impacted by nutritional choices. Although many …

Beleaguered countries struggling against aggression or powerful nations defending others
from brutal regimes mobilize medicine to wage just war. As states funnel medical resources …

Background: The mission of a Forward Surgical Team (FST) is to provide immediate
lifesaving surgery to wounded US and coalition forces. The degree of humanitarian surgical …

BACKGROUND A Role 2 registry (R2R) was developed in 2008 by the US Joint Trauma
System (JTS). The purpose of this project was to undertake a preliminary review of the R2R …

Objectives: Military surgeons have been providing humanitarian care in Afghanistan since
2002. There are scant published reports on the details of that care. We report here the …

In this issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, the article by Borgman et al (1) is a
fascinating article, and I was honored to be asked to write an editorial. It was tempting to …

Physician-Soldier: Navigating the Tension Between Military and Medical Necessity
maintained even in the military context. Gilbert regards physicians as “embedded” in military …

Lung cancer kills approximately 158,000 yearly, accounting for more deaths than the next 4
most lethal types of cancer combined. 1 In 2011, the National Lung Screening Trial …

The DoD is preparing for future austere environments where it will not be possible to sustain
the current level of medical operations across the chain of care. Enemy activity, resource …

Περίληψη Η παροχή ιατρικής φροντίδας στο πεδίο της μάχης διαφέρει από αυτήν σε περίοδο
ειρήνης, διότι οι επαγγελματίες υγείας έρχονται αντιμέτωποι με μαζικές απώλειες υγείας, λόγω …