Psychiatric Casualties Among U.S. Marines in Vietnam

La, Palinkas; Coben, Patricia

doi:10.1093/milmed/153.10.521

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“…On the other hand, the distribution of injuries in contemporary conflicts is determined by the context of warfare (urban versus non-urban) and the use of protective armour [11][12][13][14][68][69][70][71][72].…”

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Variation of gunshot injury patterns in mortality associated with human rights abuses and armed conflict: an exploratory study

Baraybar¹

2015

Science & Justice

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Variation of gunshot injury patterns in mortality associated with human rights abuses and armed conflict: an exploratory study

Baraybar¹

2015

Science & Justice

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“…Data were extracted from medical records and data sets documenting casualty admissions of previous combat operations, and were analyzed by specific wounding agent. [11][12][13] The data shown in Table 6 identify the causative agent distributions used against US forces from previous operations.…”

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Scenario-Based Projections of Wounded-in-Action Patient Condition Code Distributions

Zouris¹,

Walker²

2005

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public release; distribution is unlimited. This research has been conducted in compliance with all applicable federal regulations governing the protection of human subjects in research. Summary ProblemModeling and simulation applications require accurate estimations of the number and type of injuries and illnesses.These estimates, called patient streams, include projections of the patient condition (PC) code frequencies needed for estimating medical resources for various types of military operations. They are the diagnostic nomenclature that modeling and simulation applications use. Currently, no quantitative process has been developed to estimate these patient streams. ObjectiveThe objective of this research was to develop a methodology that links hospitalization data to the PC code nomenclature. In addition, patient streams resulting from specific causative agents would be estimated by associating the traumas and anatomical locations that result from a specific weapon. Finally, a tool using this quantitative approach would be developed that allows the user to select one of these methods to easily calculate the patient distributions. ApproachTwo approaches to estimate PC code patient streams were addressed. The first approach linked trauma and anatomical location percentages to PC codes for selected operations. Diagnostic data obtained from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) were grouped and coded to illustrate the estimation of a patient stream in terms of PC codes using the first approach. In the second approach, using OIF and Vietnam data, patient streams were estimated from the traumas resulting from the causative agents expected to be used by enemy forces. ResultsThe Patient Condition Occurrence Frequency (PCOF) tool was developed to allow the user to estimate various patient distributions based on operation type or causative agent. DiscussionThis study provides medical planners the ability to easily generate patient streams using a quantitative and a mathematical approach. These approaches provide patient streams from the different phases of OIF, and illustrate the potential application of the tool for generating patient streams for future operations in support of the global war on terror.2

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“…This relationship has traditionally been examined by comparing numbers of personnel treated or hospitalized for psychiatric reasons with the number of personnel wounded-in-action on the basis of either ratios of psychiatric casualties to battle injuries or rates of each type of casualty. Using these same methods, however, other studies have found either no relationship (Borus, 1974) or an inverse association between exposure to combat and the risk of being a psychiatric casualty Palinkas and Coben, 1985), suggesting that it is the anticipation of combat rather than the actual battle experience that is associated with the risk of psychiatric disorder. This coraneotion has recently been supported by a study which found that American men eligible for the draft during the years of the Vietnam conflict had higher than expected rates for suicides and motor vehicle accident deaths .…”

Section: Psychiatric Disorders Among Us Marines Wounded-in-action Imentioning

confidence: 98%

“…During the conflict itself, there is evidence of a direct relationship between the number of pmychlatric disorders and the intensity of combat Palinkas and Coben, 1985). This relationship has traditionally been examined by comparing numbers of personnel treated or hospitalized for psychiatric reasons with the number of personnel wounded-in-action on the basis of either ratios of psychiatric casualties to battle injuries or rates of each type of casualty.…”

Section: Psychiatric Disorders Among Us Marines Wounded-in-action Imentioning

confidence: 99%

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Psychiatric disorders among U.S. Marines wounded-in-action in Vietnam.

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1986

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Variation of gunshot injury patterns in mortality associated with human rights abuses and armed conflict: an exploratory study

Variation of gunshot injury patterns in mortality associated with human rights abuses and armed conflict: an exploratory study

Scenario-Based Projections of Wounded-in-Action Patient Condition Code Distributions

Psychiatric disorders among U.S. Marines wounded-in-action in Vietnam.

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