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2. Lack of Association between Cervical Spine Injuries and Prehospital Immobilization: From Tradition to Evidence.

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Mitchnik, Ilan Y., Ezra, Yael V., Radomislensky, Irina, Talmy, Tomer, Ankory, Ran, Benov, Avi, and Gelikas, Shaul

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PENETRATING wounds, BLUNT trauma, CERVICAL vertebrae, ELECTRONIC health records, TRAUMA registries
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Background: Cervical spine (C-spine) trauma usually results from blunt injuries and is traditionally managed by prehospital spinal immobilization using a cervical collar. We sought to examine if prehospital C-spine immobilization is associated with actual C-spine injuries and what factors are associated with the decision to immobilize the C-spine. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed blunt trauma patients treated by Israeli Defense Force (IDF) medical teams from 2015 to 2020. Children, penetrating injuries, and non-threatening injuries were excluded. Demographic data, injury characteristics, and prehospital information were collected from the IDF Trauma Registry's electronic medical records and merged with corresponding hospital data from the Israeli National Trauma Registry. Results: Overall, 220 patients were included, with a mean age of 32 and a predominance of male patients (78%). Most injuries were due to motor vehicle collisions (77%). In total, 40% of the patients received a cervical collar. C-spine injuries were present in 8%, of which 50% were immobilized with a cervical collar. There were no significant differences in the incidences of C-spine injuries or disability outcomes with or without collar immobilization. The use of a collar was significantly associated with backboard immobilization (OR = 14.5, p < 0.001) and oxygen use (OR = 2.5, p = 0.032). Conclusions: Prehospital C-spine immobilization was not associated with C-spine injury or neurological disability incidences. C-spine immobilization by medical providers may be influenced by factors other than the suspected presence of a C-spine injury, such as the use of a backboard. Clear clinical guidelines for inexperienced medical providers are called for. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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4. Methylphenidate use and restorative treatment needs in young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Schermann, Haggai, Schiffmann, Nathan, Ankory, Ran, Shlaifer, Amir, Yavnai, Nirit, Yoffe, Victoria, and Natapov, Lena

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ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder, YOUNG adults, METHYLPHENIDATE, CENTRAL nervous system stimulants, RECRUITING & enlistment (Armed Forces), CARIOGENIC agents
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Objective: To assess the effect and dose‐response of methylphenidate (MP) use on the restorative treatment needs in young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Participants and methods: This retrospective study comprises a cohort of military recruits aged 18–25 who served for 12 to 48 months between 2005 and 2017. The medical records of 213 604 participants were assessed of which: 6875 participants with ADHD who received treatment with MP, 6729 participants with ADHD who had no prescriptions for MP, and 200 000 healthy participants. The outcome was restorative treatment needs, which served as an indicator of caries: having at least one prescription for restorative treatment during the study period. Results: Frequency of prescription for restorative treatment among the treated, the untreated and the control groups was 24%, 22%, and 17%, respectively (p <.0001). On multivariate analysis, the dose‐response association between MP use and the odds of having at least one restorative treatment was confirmed (OR = 1.006 for each additional 1 gr of MP; 95% CI [1.004:1.009]) Conclusions: Participants with ADHD who receive chronic treatment with MP have higher restorative treatment needs than participants with untreated ADHD and healthy participants. Our results show that chronic MP medication among young adults leads to an elevated need for restorative treatment and implies a significant impact on oral health (OH). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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7. Clinically Evaluated COVID-19 Drugs with Therapeutic Potential for Biological Warfare Agents.

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Dechtman, Ido-David, Ankory, Ran, Sokolinsky, Keren, Krasner, Esther, Weiss, Libby, and Gal, Yoav

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SARS-CoV-2, ANTIVIRAL agents, BIOLOGICAL weapons, COVID-19, ADULT respiratory distress syndrome, BREAKTHROUGH infections
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak resulted in hundreds of millions of coronavirus cases, as well as millions of deaths worldwide. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease resulting from exposure to this pathogen, is characterized, among other features, by a pulmonary pathology, which can progress to "cytokine storm", acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), respiratory failure and death. Vaccines are the unsurpassed strategy for prevention and protection against the SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, there is still an extremely high number of severely ill people from at-risk populations. This may be attributed to waning immune response, variant-induced breakthrough infections, unvaccinated population, etc. It is therefore of high importance to utilize pharmacological-based treatments, despite the progression of the global vaccination campaign. Until the approval of Paxlovid, an efficient and highly selective anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug, and the broad-spectrum antiviral agent Lagevrio, many pharmacological-based countermeasures were, and still are, being evaluated in clinical trials. Some of these are host-directed therapies (HDTs), which modulate the endogenic response against the virus, and therefore may confer efficient protection against a wide array of pathogens. These could potentially include Biological Warfare Agents (BWAs), exposure to which may lead to mass casualties due to disease severity and a possible lack of efficient treatment. In this review, we assessed the recent literature on drugs under advanced clinical evaluation for COVID-19 with broad spectrum activity, including antiviral agents and HDTs, which may be relevant for future coping with BWAs, as well as with other agents, in particular respiratory infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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15. Pertussis Outbreak Among Soldiers During Basic Training: The Need for Updated Protocols

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Elon Glassberg, Yuval Glick, Basheer Halhal, Inbal Galor, Ankory Ran, and David J. Bacon

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Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Whooping Cough, Upper respiratory disease, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Guidelines as Topic, Disease, Azithromycin, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Military medicine, Disease Outbreaks, Education, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Israel, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Outbreak, General Medicine, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Vaccination, Specific antibody, Military Personnel, Emergency medicine, business
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Pertussis is a highly contagious, vaccine preventable upper respiratory disease. The incidence of the disease has been rising in the past few decades. During the winter of 2015, an upper respiratory outbreak occurred in one of Israel Defense Forces basic training bases in northern Israel. Following the detection of the first primary cases, a suspected outbreak investigation was initiated in conjunction with more rigorous clinical and laboratory testing efforts to include specific antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay assays and polymerase chain reaction to diagnose pertussis. Initially, 1,596 soldiers were surveyed clinically using a questionnaire and physicians' interviews for upper respiratory disease symptoms. A total of 158 soldiers were further evaluated and 38.6% (61) of those were diagnosed as having pertussis (with laboratory evidence). Based on the protocol that we developed during the course of this outbreak, a postexposure prophylaxis was given to every soldier for whom there was a high level of suspicion for infection and met the inclusion criteria for the postexposure prophylaxis protocol. The effects of the postvaccination waning immunity among a vaccinated population were demonstrated, thus the need of maintaining a high index of suspicion of Brodetella pertussis as a causative agent during respiratory diseases outbreaks in young soldiers.

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2017

23. Canadian Spine Society: 24th Annual Scientific Conference, Wednesday, February 28 - Saturday, March 2, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler, B.C., Canada.

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Dionne A, Al-Zakri M, Labelle H, Joncas J, Parent S, Mac-Thiong JM, Miyanji F, Lonner B, Eren A, Cahill P, Parent S, Newton P, Dermott JA, Jaakkimainen L, To T, Bouchard M, Howard A, Lebel DE, Hardy S, Malhotra AK, Dermott J, Thevarajah D, Mathias KDA, Yoon S, Sakhrekar R, Lebel DE, Kim DJ, Hadi A, Doria A, Mitani A, Dermott J, Howard A, Lebel D, Yoon S, Mathias K, Dermott J, Lebel D, Miyanji F, Newton P, Lonner B, Bastrom T, Samdani A, Roy-Beaudry M, Beauséjour M, Imbeault R, Dufresne J, Parent S, Romeo J, Livock H, Smit K, Jarvis J, Tice A, Chan VK, Cho R, Poon S, Skaggs DL, Shumilak GK, Rocos B, Sardi JP, Charalampidis A, Gum J, Lewis SJ, Tretiakov PS, Onafowokan O, Mir J, Das A, Williamson T, Dave P, Imbo B, Lebovic J, Jankowski P, Passias PG, Lewis S, Aljamaan Y, Lenke LG, Smith J, Varshney VP, Sahjpaul R, Paquette S, Osborn J, Pelletier-Roy R, Asmussen M, Birk M, Ludwig T, Nicholls F, Zohar A, Loomans J, Pellise F, Smith JS, Kato S, Sardar Z, Lenke L, Lewis SJ, Abbas A, Toor J, Sahi G, Kovacevic D, Lex J, Miyanji F, Rampersaud R, Perruccio AV, Mahomed N, Canizares M, Rizkallah M, Lebreton MA, Boubez G, Shen J, AlShakfa F, Kamel Y, Osman G, Wang Z, Koegl N, Herrington B, Fernandes RR, Urquhart JC, Rampersaud YR, Bailey CS, Hakimjavadi R, Zhang T, DeVries Z, Wai EK, Kingwell SP, Stratton A, Tsai E, Wang Z, Phan P, Rampersaud R, Fine N, Stone L, Kapoor M, Chênevert A, Bédard S, McIntosh G, Goulet J, Couture J, Investigators C, LaRue B, Rosenstein B, Rye M, Roussac A, Naghdi N, Macedo LG, Elliott J, DeMont R, Weber MH, Pepin V, Dover G, Fortin M, Wang Z, Rizkallah M, Shen J, Lebreton MA, Florial E, AlShakfa F, Boubez G, Raj A, Amin P, McIntosh G, Rampersaud YR, AlDuwaisan AASM, Hakimjavadi R, Zhang T, Phan K, Stratton A, Tsai E, Kingwell S, Wai E, Phan P, Hebert J, Nowell S, Wedderkopp N, Vandewint A, Manson N, Abraham E, Small C, Attabib N, Bigney E, Koegl N, Craig M, Al-Shawwa A, Ost K, Tripathy S, Evaniew N, Jacobs B, Cadotte D, Malhotra AK, Evaniew N, Dea N, Investigators C, McIntosh G, Wilson JR, Evaniew N, Bailey CS, Rampersaud YR, Jacobs WB, Phan PP, Nataraj A, Cadotte DW, Weber MH, Thomas KC, Manson N, Attabib N, Paquet J, Christie SD, Wilson JR, Hall H, Fisher CG, McIntosh G, Dea N, Liu EY, Persad ARL, Baron N, Fourney D, Shakil H, Investigators C, Evaniew N, Wilson JR, Dea N, Phan P, Huang J, Fallah N, Dandurand C, Alfawaz T, Zhang T, Stratton A, Tsai E, Wai E, Kingwell S, Wang Z, Phan P, Investigators C, Zaldivar-Jolissaint JF, Charest-Morin R, McIntosh G, Fehlings MG, Pedro KM, Alvi MA, Wang JCW, Charest-Morin R, Dea N, Fisher C, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Ailon T, Paquette S, Street J, Dandurand C, Mumtaz R, Skaik K, Wai EK, Kingwell S, Stratton A, Tsai E, Phan PTN, Wang Z, Investigators C, Manoharan R, McIntosh G, Rampersaud YR, Smith-Forrester J, Douglas JE, Nemeth E, Alant J, Barry S, Glennie A, Oxner W, Weise L, Christie S, Liu EY, Persad ARL, Saeed S, Toyota P, Su J, Newton B, Coote N, Fourney D, Rachevits MS, Razmjou H, Robarts S, Yee A, Finkelstein J, Almojuela A, Zeiler F, Logsetty S, Dhaliwal P, Abdelnour M, Zhang Y, Wai E, Kingwell SP, Stratton A, Tsai E, Phan PT, Investigators C, Smith TA, Small C, Bigney E, Richardson E, Kearney J, Manson N, Abraham E, Attabib N, Bond M, Dombrowski S, Price G, García-Moreno JM, Hebert J, Qiu S, Surendran V, Cheung VSE, Ngana S, Qureshi MA, Sharma SV, Pahuta M, Guha D, Essa A, Shakil H, Malhotra A, Byrne J, Badhiwala J, Yuan E, He Y, Jack A, Mathieu F, Wilson JR, Witiw CD, Shakil H, Malhotra AK, Yuan E, Smith CW, Harrington EM, Jaffe RH, Wang AP, Ladha K, Nathens AB, Wilson JR, Witiw CD, Sandarage RV, Galuta A, Tsai EC, Rotem-Kohavi N, Dvorak MF, Xu J, Fallah N, Waheed Z, Chen M, Dea N, Evaniew N, Noonan V, Kwon B, Kwon BK, Malomo T, Charest-Morin R, Paquette S, Ailon T, Dandurand C, Street J, Fisher CG, Dea N, Heran M, Dvorak M, Jaffe R, Coyte P, Chan B, Malhotra A, Hancock-Howard R, Wilson J, Witiw C, Cho N, Squair J, Aureli V, James N, Bole-Feysot L, Dewany I, Hankov N, Baud L, Leonhartsberger A, Sveistyte K, Skinnider M, Gautier M, Galan K, Goubran M, Ravier J, Merlos F, Batti L, Pagès S, Bérard N, Intering N, Varescon C, Carda S, Bartholdi K, Hutson T, Kathe C, Hodara M, Anderson M, Draganski B, Demesmaeker R, Asboth L, Barraud Q, Bloch J, Courtine G, Christie SD, Greene R, Nadi M, Alant J, Barry S, Glennie A, Oxner B, Weise L, Julien L, Lownie C, Dvorak MF, Öner CFC, Dandurand C, Joeris A, Schnake K, Phillips M, Vaccaro AR, Bransford R, Popescu EC, El-Sharkawi M, Rajasekaran S, Benneker LM, Schroeder GD, Tee JW, France J, Paquet J, Allen R, Lavelle WF, Vialle E, Dea N, Dionne A, Magnuson D, Richard-Denis A, Petit Y, Bernard F, Barthélémy D, Mac-Thiong JM, Grassner L, Garcia-Ovejero D, Beyerer E, Mach O, Leister I, Maier D, Aigner L, Arevalo-Martin A, MacLean MA, Charles A, Georgiopoulos M, Charest-Morin R, Goodwin R, Weber M, Brouillard E, Richard-Denis A, Dionne A, Laassassy I, Khoueir P, Bourassa-Moreau É, Maurais G, Mac-Thiong JM, Zaldivar-Jolissaint JF, Dea N, Brown AA, So K, Manouchehri N, Webster M, Ethridge J, Warner A, Billingsley A, Newsome R, Bale K, Yung A, Seneviratne M, Cheng J, Wang J, Basnayake S, Streijger F, Heran M, Kozlowski P, Kwon BK, Golan JD, Elkaim LM, Alrashidi Q, Georgiopoulos M, Lasry OJ, Bednar DA, Love A, Nedaie S, Gandhi P, Amin PC, Raj A, McIntosh G, Neilsen CJ, Swamy G, Rampersaud R (On behalf of CSORN investigators), Vandewint A, Rampersaud YR, Hebert J, Bigney E, Manson N, Attabib N, Small C, Richardson E, Kearney J, Abraham E, Rampersaud R, Raj A, Marathe N, McIntosh G, Dhiman M, Bader TJ, Hart D, Swamy G, Duncan N, Dhiman M, Bader TJ, Ponjevic D, Matyas JR, Hart D, Swamy G, Duncan N, O'Brien CP, Hebert J, Bigney E, Kearney J, Richardson E, Abraham E, Manson N, Attabib N, Small C, LaRochelle L, Rivas G, Lawrence J, Ravinsky R, Kim D, Dermott J, Mitani A, Doria A, Howard A, Lebel D, Dermott JA, Switzer LS, Kim DJ, Lebel DE, Montpetit C, Vaillancourt N, Rosenstein B, Fortin M, Nadler E, Dermott J, Kim D, Lebel DE, Wolfe D, Rosenstein B, Fortin M, Wolfe D, Dover G, Boily M, Fortin M, Shakil H, Malhotra AK, Badhiwala JH, Karthikeyan V, He Y, Fehlings MG, Sahgal A, Dea N, Kiss A, Witiw CD, Redelmeier DR, Wilson JR, Caceres MP, Freire V, Shen J, Al-Shakfa F, Ahmed O, Wang Z, Kwan WC, Zuckerman SL, Fisher CG, Laufer I, Chou D, O'Toole JE, Schultheiss M, Weber MH, Sciubba DM, Pahuta M, Shin JH, Fehlings MG, Versteeg A, Goodwin ML, Boriani S, Bettegowda C, Lazary A, Gasbarrini A, Reynolds JJ, Verlaan JJ, Sahgal A, Gokaslan ZL, Rhines LD, Dea N, Truong VT, Dang TK, Osman G, Al-Shakfa F, Boule D, Shen J, Wang Z, Rizkallah M, Boubez G, Shen J, Phan P, Alshakfa F, Boule D, Belguendouz C, Kafi R, Yuh SJ, Shedid D, Wang Z, Wang Z, Shen J, Boubez G, Alshakfa F, Boulé D, Belguendouz C, Kafi R, Phan P, Shedid D, Yuh SJ, Rizkallah M, Silva YGMD, Weber L, Leão F, Essa A, Malhotra AK, Shakil H, Byrne J, Badhiwala J, Nathens AB, Azad TD, Yuan E, He Y, Jack AS, Mathieu F, Wilson JR, Witiw CD, Craig M, Guenther N, Valosek J, Bouthillier M, Enamundram NK, Rotem-Kohavi N, Humphreys S, Christie S, Fehlings M, Kwon B, Mac-Thiong JM, Phan P, Paquet J, Guay-Paquet M, Cohen-Adad J, Cadotte D, Dionne A, Mac-Thiong JM, Hong H, Kurban D, Xu J, Barthélémy D, Christie S, Fourney D, Linassi G, Sanchez AL, Paquet J, Sreenivasan V, Townson A, Tsai EC, Richard-Denis A, Kwan WC, Laghaei P, Kahlon H, Ailon T, Charest-Morin R, Dandurand C, Paquette S, Dea N, Street J, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF, Kwon BK, Thibault J, Dionne A, Al-Sofyani M, Pelletier-Roy R, Richard-Denis A, Bourassa-Moreau É, Mac-Thiong JM, Bouthillier M, Valošek J, Enamundram NK, Guay-Paquet M, Guenther N, Rotem-Kohavi N, Humphreys S, Christie S, Fehlings M, Kwon BK, Mac-Thiong JM, Phan P, Cadotte D, Cohen-Adad J, Reda L, Kennedy C, Stefaniuk S, Eftekhar P, Robinson L, Craven C, Dengler J, Kennedy C, Reda L, Stefaniuk S, Eftekhar P, Robinson L, Craven C, Dengler J, Roukerd MR, Patel M, Tsai E, Galuta A, Jagadeesan S, Sandarage RV, Phan P, Michalowski W, Van Woensel W, Vig K, Kazley J, Arain A, Rivas G, Ravinsky R, Lawrence J, Gupta S, Patel J, Turkstra I, Pustovetov K, Yang V, Jacobs WB, Mariscal G, Witiw CD, Harrop JS, Essa A, Witiw CD, Mariscal G, Jacobs WB, Harrop JS, Essa A, Du JT, Cherry A, Kumar R, Jaber N, Fehlings M, Yee A, Dukkipati ST, Driscoll M, Byers E, Brown JL, Gallagher M, Sugar J, Rockall S, Hektner J, Donia S, Chernesky J, Noonan VK, Varga AA, Slomp F, Thiessen E, Lastivnyak N, Maclean LS, Ritchie V, Hockley A, Weise LM, Potvin C, Flynn P, Christie S, Turkstra I, Oppermann B, Oppermann M, Gupta S, Patel J, Pustovetov K, Lee K, Chen C, Rastgarjazi M, Yang V, Hardy S, Strantzas S, Anthony A, Dermott J, Vandenberk M, Hassan S, Lebel D, Silva YGMD, LaRue B, Couture J, Pimenta N, Blanchard J, Chenevert A, Goulet J, Greene R, Christie SD, Hall A, Etchegary H, Althagafi A, Han J, Greene R, Christie S, Pickett G, Witiw C, Harrop J, Jacobs WB, Mariscal G, Essa A, Jacobs WB, Mariscal G, Witiw C, Harrop JS, Essa A, Lasswell T, Rasoulinejad P, Hu R, Bailey C, Siddiqi F, Hamdoon A, Soliman MA, Maraj J, Jhawar D, Jhawar B, Schuler KA, Orosz LD, Yamout T, Allen BJ, Lerebo WT, Roy RT, Schuler TC, Good CR, Haines CM, Jazini E, Ost KJ, Al-Shawwa A, Anderson D, Evaniew N, Jacobs BW, Lewkonia P, Nicholls F, Salo PT, Thomas KC, Yang M, Cadotte D, Sarraj M, Rajapaksege N, Dea N, Evaniew N, McIntosh G, Pahuta M, Alharbi HN, Skaik K, Wai EK, Kingwell S, Stratton A, Tsai E, Phan PTN, Wang Z, Investigators C, Zaldivar-Jolissaint JF, Gustafson S, Polyzois I, Gascoyne T, Goytan M, Bednar DA, Sarra M, Rocos B, Sardi JP, Charalampidis A, Gum J, Lewis SJ, Ghag R, Kirk S, Shirley O, Bone J, Morrison A, Miyanji F, Parekh A, Sanders E, Birk M, Nicholls F, Smit K, Livock H, Romeo J, Jarvis J, Tice A, Frank S, Labelle H, Parent S, Barchi S, Joncas J, Mac-Thiong JM, Thibault J, Joncas J, Barchi S, Parent S, Beausejour M, Mac-Thiong JM, Dionne A, Mac-Thiong JM, Parent S, Shen J, Joncas J, Barchi S, Labelle H, Birk MS, Nicholls F, Pelletier-Roy R, Sanders E, Lewis S, Aljamaan Y, Lenke LG, Smith J, Sardar Z, Mullaj E, Lebel D, Dermott J, Bath N, Mathias K, Kattail D, Zohar A, Loomans J, Pellise F, Smith JS, Kato S, Sardar Z, Lenke L, Lewis SJ, Bader TJ, Dhiman M, Hart D, Duncan N, Salo P, Swamy G, Lewis SJ, Lawrence PL, Smith J, Pellise F, Sardar Z, Lawrence PL, Lewis SJ, Smith J, Pellise F, Sardar Z, Levett JJ, Alnasser A, Barak U, Elkaim LM, Hoang TS, Alotaibi NM, Guha D, Moss IL, Weil AG, Weber MH, de Muelenaere P, Parvez K, Sun J, Iorio OC, Rosenstein B, Naghdi N, Fortin M, Manocchio F, Ankory R, Stallwood L, Ahn H, Mahdi H, Naeem A, Jhawar D, Moradi M, Jhawar B, Qiu S, Surendran V, Shi V, Cheung E, Ngana S, Qureshi MA, Sharma SV, Pahuta M, and Guha D

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2024
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24. Long-Term Disability After Traumatic Spinal Injuries: A Military Retrospective Study.

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Akavian I, Cohen B, Gendler S, Almog O, Besor O, Radomislensky I, Balagour Greenstein L, Ankory R, Nitzan I, and Talmy T

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Background: Traumatic spinal injuries (TSI) pose a significant life-long burden, impacting both military and civilian populations. Assessing long-term outcomes is crucial for comprehending the enduring consequences of the initial insult and informing effective prevention and management strategies. Most existing studies have narrowly focused on subsets of traumatic cord injuries, leaving a gap in understanding the broader impact of severe spinal trauma. This study aims to examine severe TSIs in military personnel, who may face unique risk factors and injury patterns, and its association with long-term disability., Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on all military personnel who suffered traumatic injuries (Injury Severity Score ≥ 9) from 1997 to 2020. Severe spinal injuries were defined using the spinal Abbreviated Injury Scale ≥ 3 (n = 95), and compared to all other injuries as a reference group (n = 1,394). Data were extracted and cross-referenced from three distinct nationwide registries-pre-hospital, admission, and rehabilitation. Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the impact of spinal injuries on long-term disabilities (defined as the highest possible disability tier). The study received approval from the institutional review board of the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps., Results: Motor vehicle accidents and falls were the primary causes of spinal injuries (50.5% and 15.8%, respectively). The median age at injury was 20 years (interquartile range 19-22). Personnel with spinal trauma had a significantly higher prevalence of Injury Severity Score  ≥ 25 (46.3% vs. 19.9%, P < .001), longer median hospital stays (11 vs. 8 days, P = .036), and increased intensive care unit admissions (55% vs. 40%, P = .05). The median follow-up duration was 10.9 years (interquartile range 6.7-14.3). Spinal injuries were associated with a more than 10-fold increase in the adjusted odds ratio for severe permanent disability (11.92, 95% CI, 5.95-23.72)., Conclusion: Upon long-term follow-up, military personnel with severe TSI exhibit a significantly higher prevalence of debilitating disability compared to those with significant non-spinal traumatic injuries. These findings highlight the critical need for targeted prevention strategies and improved management of spinal injuries to reduce long-term disability. Strengths of this study include its extensive follow-up period and the use of multiple nationwide registries. However, the study may be limited by potential discrepancies in identity matching across databases and the reliance on disability claims, which may underrepresent the true prevalence of long-term disability. Future research should explore the efficacy of early interventions and rehabilitation strategies in mitigating long-term disability following spinal injuries. This study underscores the importance of developing evidence-based policies to enhance care for individuals with TSIs., (© The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2024. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site–for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.)

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