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Aug 10, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Fort Sam Houston

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Jun 19, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Fort Sam Houston

The newborn nursery is a unique pediatric inpatient setting that requires specific skills to care for a patient population that is at high risk of morbidity and mortality.1 Competence in the newborn setting is especially important for military pediatricians because unlike their civilian counterparts who can choose the scope of their practice based upon their training, general pediatricians in the military may be required to staff newborn nurseries in remote areas and foreign countries in...

Apr 17, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Fort Sam Houston

Inhalation injury is an independent predictor of mortality after burn injury. Although bronchoscopy remains the gold standard for diagnosing inhalation injury, there is a paucity of evidence to support repeat bronchoscopies for following inhalation injury during a patient’s clinical course. This study looks at the ability of serial bronchoscopies to prognosticate outcomes. This was a secondary analysis of a previously reported prospective observational study.

Feb 17, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Fort Sam Houston

Inhalation injury is a major risk factor for mortality in burn patients via 3 primary mechanisms: airway edema and obstruction, hypoxemic respiratory failure, and pneumonia. Currently, the mainstay of treatment is supportive care to include early intubation, lung-protective or high-frequency-percussive mechanical ventilation, nebulized heparin, and aggressive pulmonary toilet.

Jan 1, 2024 | arthroscopytechniques.org | Mikalyn T. DeFoor |Fort Sam Houston |Daniel J. Cognetti |Andrew J Sheean

AbstractPoor functional outcomes after hemiarthroplasty for proximal humerus fractures are common, yet revision surgery is relatively rare. Arthroscopic treatment for postoperative stiffness can be considered in the setting of functional limits to glenohumeral range of motion impacting activities of daily living after adequate conservative treatment with physical therapy and in the setting of healed, well-positioned tuberosities and humeral components.