Characteristics of medical-surgical patients at the 86th Combat Support Hospital during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A descriptive study was performed of the U.S. and coalition forces patients admitted to the Intermediate Care Ward (ICW) of the 86th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Baghdad, Iraq (2007-2009).

Medical-surgical nursing at the 86th Combat Support Hospital (2007-2009) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom: caring for host nation patients.

A descriptive study of the patients admitted to the host nation intermediate care ward (ICW) of the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq was performed. A retrospective chart review was conducted of the patients admitted to the host nation ward between June 2 and September 5, 2008. One hundred and forty host nation patients were included in the study.

Non-invasive cardiovascular risk assessment in women with type 2 diabetes.

This study assessed and compared carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes with that in postmenopausal women without type 2 diabetes and compared risk factors that contribute to increased carotid IMT in these groups of women. Carotid IMT, a non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular risk, was measured using high-resolution ultrasound in 20 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes and 20 postmenopausal women without type 2 diabetes who had no known coronary heart disease. Risk factors (age, race, family history, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, years past menopause, use of hormone replacement therapy, perceived level of physical activity, and body mass index) known to contribute to coronary heart disease were also assessed.