Comparison between civilian burns and combat burns from operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 786-792

  Wolf, Steven E ^a,b   Kauvar, David S ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a   Renz, Evan P ^a   Horvath, Edward E ^a   White, Christopher E ^a   Park, Myung S ^a   Wanek, Sandra ^a   Albrecht, Michael A ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Barillo, David J ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ARMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; NOTE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BURNS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 33748084751     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000219645.88867.b7     Document Type: Review

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