CME/MOC: 3.0
TRACK: OEM Clinical Practice
Deanna K. Harkins, MD, MPH, US Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
Drew A. Helmer, MD, MS, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, VA-NJHCS, East Orange, NJ
Silpa Dhoma Krefft, MD, MPH, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Geoffrey S. Plumlee, PhD, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Cecile S. Rose, MD, MPH, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
This session will provide an overview of inhalational hazards (desert dust particulate matter, burn pit emissions, fuel combustion products) that military personnel and civilian contractors frequently encounter during post-9/11 deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other regions in southwest Asia. This session also will feature discussions of epidemiology and clinical manifestations of the emerging spectrum of post-9/11 deploymentrelated respiratory diseases such as asthma and bronchiolitis. Clinicians and researchers from the military and civilian sectors will present updates from the ongoing VA Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, current prevention efforts, disease detection and management recommendations, and future research needs.