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Gulf War veterans : treating symptoms and syndromes / Committee on Identifying Effective Treatments for Gulf War Veterans' Health Problems, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ; Bernard M. Rosof and Lyla M. Hernandez, editors ; Institute of Medicine.
Holman Biotech Commons RB152.7 .G854 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persian Gulf syndrome--Treatment--United States.
- Persian Gulf syndrome.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Health aspects--United States.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Veterans--Health and hygiene--United States.
- Persian Gulf Syndrome--therapy.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Persian Gulf Syndrome--therapy.
- Physical Description:
- x, 152 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Identifying Health Problems 1
- Treatment Effectiveness 3
- Condition-Specific Treatments 6
- Clinical Registries 13
- Summary of Gulf War Reports and Evaluations 14
- Gulf War Veterans' Health: Research Summary 18
- Ongoing Clinical Research 19
- War-Related Illnesses and Postdeployment Health Research 20
- 2 Identifying Conditions for Study 23
- 3 Determining Treatment Effectiveness 31
- Study Designs and Strength of Inference 31
- Efficacy Versus Effectiveness 34
- Outcomes Research 35
- Meta-Analysis 36
- Levels of Evidence for Efficacy and Effectiveness Research 37
- Specific Levels of Evidence or Weights 38
- Recommendations 41
- 4 General Approach to Treating Patients 43
- Recommendation 49
- 5 Effective Treatments 51
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 52
- Depression 61
- Fibromyalgia 72
- Headache 82
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome 93
- Panic Disorder 99
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 107
- Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms 114
- A Coalition Forces and Force Strength 139
- B Workshop Summary 141
- C Unique Considerations in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136).
- ISBN:
- 0309075874
- OCLC:
- 48147052
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