Anesthesia services aboard USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 476-482

  Paine, Gregory F ^a,e   Bonnema, Craig L ^b   Stambaugh, Terry A ^c   Capacchione, John F ^c   Sipe, Patrick S ^d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Naval Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARMY; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD BANK; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SHIP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444445551     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.6.476     Document Type: Review

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