Special Lessons Learned from Iraq

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-726

  Sebesta, James ^a,b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; WAR;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; IRAQ; MILITARY MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; TERRORISM; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744986997     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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