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Medical impact analysis for the Space StationIn this study, Space Station medical care priorities were determined by a medical impact analysis of two analog populations, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy personnel. Diseases and injuries in the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) were ranked, using a Medical Impact Score (MIS) combining modified incidence rate and a function of disease outcome. The validity of the analysis method was tested by measuring rank order correlation between the two analog populations. Despite virtually identical age and sex distributions, Army and Navy incidence rates differed significantly for half of the ICD-9-CM categories, p less than 0.05. Disability rates differed for 76 percent, p less than 0.05. Nevertheless, Army and Navy MIS rank orders for categories and sections were not significantly different, p less than 0.001. In critical ways, the Space Station will be a safer environment than earth. Cardiac events, musculoskeletal injuries, affective psychoses, and renal calculi were among the highest scoring categories.
Document ID
19900037382
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Nelson, Brent D.
(LDS Hospital Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Gardner, Reed M.
(Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Ostler, David V.
(Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Schulz, John M.
(Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Logan, James S.
(NASA Johnson Space Center; Krug International, Houston, TX; LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City UT, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
Volume: 61
ISSN: 0095-6562
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
90A24437
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-17425
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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