The Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s Contribution to Plastic Surgery Education

Major lower extremity amputation in Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Our objective was to assess outcomes for 8696 patients who underwent 9236 above- (AKA) and/or below-knee (BKA) amputations during a 4-year period for disorders of the circulatory system. Veterans Affairs (VA) Patient Treatment File (PTF) data were acquired for all patients in Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) 113 and 114 hospitalized in VA medical centers (VAMCs) during fiscal years 1991-1994. Da...

Extraction of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Data from the Nation’s Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

Incidence and prevalence of uveitis in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers of the Pacific Northwest.

PURPOSE To ascertain the frequency of uveitis in Veterans Affairs (VA) patients in the Pacific Northwest and to compare disease rates with those in previously published epidemiologic studies. DESIGN Cross-sectional, population based-study. METHODS The medical records of 152,267 patients seen at six VA Medical Centers in Oregon and Washington during fiscal year 2004 were searched for uveitis...

Sevoflurane use in Veterans Affairs medical centers: utility, safety, and cost-effectiveness.

It has long been realized that the Veterans Affairs (VA) patient has a high incidence of multiorgan system diseases, especially diseases of the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems. The typical Birmingham VA Medical Center patient presenting for surgery is male, with a national mean age of 60 years. More than one half of these patients have a significant history of current or prior tobacco abus...

Pertussis Surveillance in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Western United States – 2010-2014

Introduction Bordetella pertussis infection (whooping cough) has been on the rise and the most cases in the US since 1955 were reported in 2012 (48,277 or 15.4 per 100,000)1. Pertussis is highly infectious and can cause serious illness in infants and children as well as adults, and in general is preventable by vaccination. Since 2005, it has been recommended that anyone 19-64 years old should h...