title: Proposed Iraq/Afghanistan War-Lung Injury (IAW-LI) Clinical Practice Recommendations: National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine Burn Pits Workshop.
abstract: High rates of respiratory symptoms (14%) and new-onset asthma in previously healthy soldiers (6.6%) have been reported among military personnel post-deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. The term Iraq/Afghanistan War-Lung Injury (IAW-LI) is used to describe the constellation of respiratory diseases related to hazards of war, such as exposure to burning trash in burn pits, improvised explosive devices, and sandstorms. Burnpits360.org is a nonprofit civilian website which voluntarily tracks medical symptoms among soldiers post-deployment to the Middle East. Subsequent to initiation of the Burnpits360.org website, the Department of Veterans Affairs started the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit registry. This paper: (a) analyzes the latest 38 patients in the Burnpits360.org registry, validated by DD214 Forms; (b) compares strengths and weaknesses of both registries as outlined at the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Burn Pits Workshop;
authors.affiliation: 1 Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Epidemiology, Hempstead, NY, USA.|2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szema
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Niely
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mirsaidi
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Bhumika
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viens
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forsyth
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dukes
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jheison
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giraldo
authors.forename: Preston
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 2 Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D000397:Air Pollution; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000209:etiology; D008889:Military Personnel; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012042:Registries; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States
keywords: Afghanistan; Burn pits; IAW-LI; IED; IOS; Iraq; Iraq/Afghanistan War-Lung Injury; Lung Injury; PM; constrictive bronchiolitis; dust; exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension; health awareness; improvised explosive devices; impulse oscillometry; lung biopsy; particulate matter; pollen; public health; quality of life; vascular remodeling