Paulus EJ, Argo TR, Egge JA.J Trauma Stress. 2013 Jan 31. doi: 10.1002/jts.21785. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractHyperarousal is a hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD has been associated with increased blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) in veteran populations. We retrospectively identified male patients consulted to outpatient psychiatry at the Iowa City […]
Kuwert P, Braehler E, Freyberger HJ, Glaesmer H.J Nerv Ment Dis. 2012 Oct;200(10):911-4. AbstractUp to now, it has remained unclear whether displacement itself is the pathogenetic factor for the impairment of mental health in uprooted individuals or whether the effect is mediated by the amount of traumatic events experienced during forced displacement and/or by the […]
Currier JM, Holland JM, Allen D.J Trauma Stress. 2012 Nov 5. doi: 10.1002/jts.21752. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractAttachment theory has become a primary framework for understanding adjustment to traumas. In a convenience sample of 157 U.S. service members from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars seeking health care services at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital, this […]
Silberstein SD, Holland S, Freitag F, Dodick DW, Argoff C, Ashman E; Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society.Neurology. 2012 Apr 24;78(17):1337-45 AbstractOBJECTIVE: To provide updated evidence-based recommendations for the preventive treatment of migraine headache. The clinical question addressed was: What pharmacologic therapies are proven effective for migraine […]
Horlocker TT, Wedel DJ, Rowlingson JC, Enneking FK, Kopp SL, Benzon HT, Brown DL, Heit JA, Mulroy MF, Rosenquist RW, Tryba M, Yuan CS.Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):64-101. AbstractThe actual incidence of neurologic dysfunction resulting from hemorrhagic complications associated with neuraxial blockade is unknown. Although the incidence cited in the literature is estimated to […]
Garber CE, Blissmer B, Deschenes MR, Franklin BA, Lamonte MJ, Lee IM, Nieman DC, Swain DP; American College of Sports Medicine.Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Jul;43(7):1334-59. AbstractThe purpose of this Position Stand is to provide guidance to professionals who counsel and prescribe individualized exercise to apparently healthy adults of all ages. These recommendations also may […]
Jacobson MEEmergency Medicine News, 2012, 34(11A). doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000422901.91264.53 Excerpt.I am an emergency physician with an apolitical message in this rather politically charged, polarized time in our country. I have worked for some time in this profession, and have noticed a disturbing trend about which I must speak out
Jacobson IG, Horton JL, Leardmann CA, Ryan MA, Boyko EJ, Wells TS, Smith B, Smith TC.SourceJ Trauma Stress. 2012 Nov 26. doi: 10.1002/jts.21753. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractLimited prospective studies exist that evaluate the mental health status of military health care professionals who have deployed. This study used prospective data from the Millennium Cohort Study […]
Elder G, Dorr NP, De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Shaughness MC, Maudlin-Jeronimo E, Hall AA, McCarron RM, Ahlers ST.J Neurotrauma. 2012 Nov 1;29(16):2564-75. Blast related traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a major cause of injury in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A striking feature of the mild TBI cases has been the […]
McLay RN, Webb-Murphy J, Hammer P, Volkert S, Klam W.CNS Spectr. 2012 Mar;17(1):11-5. Abstract. Introduction: Risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies in part due to the nature of the traumatic event involved. Both injury and return from combat pose high risk of PTSD symptoms. How different injuries may predispose towards PTSD is less well […]
