Inequities in Intimate Partner Homicide: Social Determinants of Health Mediate Racial/Ethnic Disparities.

Introduction: Intimate partner violence accounts for up to one half of all homicides of women in the U.S. Rates of intimate partner homicide are associated with both race/ethnicity and social determinants of health, but their relative contribution is incompletely understood.

Emergency Medical Services Encounters for Firearm Injuries - 858 Counties, United States, January 2019-September 2023.

Firearm-related deaths and injuries have increased in recent years. Comprehensive and timely information on firearm injuries and the communities and geographic locations most affected by firearm violence is crucial for guiding prevention activities. However, traditional surveillance systems for firearm injury, which are mostly based on hospital encounters and mortality-related data, often lack information on the location where the shooting occurred.

Force Health Surveillance in NATO Does Not Meet the Needs of Its Users: A Structured Evaluation of EpiNATO-2.

Introduction: Disease and non-battle injuries (DNBIs) cause substantial losses among military personnel. NATO has monitored DNBIs among its personnel since 1996 using multiple versions of a tool now called EpiNATO-2, but the surveillance system has never been systematically evaluated. Following a request from NATO to the CDC, the objective of this study was to assess surveillance system attributes of EpiNATO-2 using CDC's updated guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems.

Drive-Through Mass Vaccination Center Operations in a Rural, Medically Underserved Area Using Military Civilian Partnership During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, mass vaccination centers became an essential element of the public health response. This drive-through mass vaccination operation was conducted in a rural, medically underserved area of the United States, employing a civilian-military partnership. Operations were conducted without traditional electronic medical record systems or Internet at the point of vaccination.

Emergency Department Treatment Provides Immediate and Durable Relief Following Vaccine Injury: A Case Report.

Introduction: Intramuscular administration of vaccines into the deltoid muscle is the recommended route for most vaccines in adults. Ectopic injection into the subdeltoid/subacromial bursa can produce an inflammatory bursitis that is associated with significant long-term morbidity.

Case Report: We describe a novel approach to treatment of this condition: ultrasound-guided administration of dexamethasone by the emergency physician within six hours of vaccine administration.

Lateral canthotomy and cantholysis: emergency management of orbital compartment syndrome.

Background: Orbital compartment syndrome is a sight-threatening emergency. Vision may be preserved when timely intervention is performed.

Objective: To present a case of orbital compartment syndrome caused by traumatic retrobulbar hemorrhage and the procedure of lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, reviewed with photographic illustration.

Google Internet searches on residency applicants do not facilitate the ranking process.

Background: Information used by program directors (PDs) to evaluate and rank residency applicants is largely limited to the Electronic Residency Application Service and the interview day. The Internet represents a potential source of additional data on applicants. Recent surveys reveal that up to 90% of United States (US) companies are already using the Internet to post jobs and to screen candidates.

Antiretroviral failure despite high levels of adherence: discordant adherence-response relationship in Botswana.

Background: Although adherence to antiretroviral therapy may be higher in sub-Saharan Africa, knowledge regarding the magnitude of adherence needed to maintain virological suppression in this setting is limited.

Methods: A case-control study among HIV-infected individuals initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Gaborone, Botswana, was performed. Cases were randomly selected from subjects on HAART > or =6 months with plasma HIV-1 RNA levels (viral loads) >1000 copies/mL.