Perioperative blood transfusion in combat casualties: A pilot study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Dunne, James R ^a   Hawksworth, Jason S ^a   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^a,b   Gage, Fred ^c   Tadaki, Doug K ^c   Perdue, Philip W ^a   Forsberg, Jonathan ^a   Davis, Tom ^c   Denobile, John W ^a   Brown, Trevor S ^c   Elster, Eric A ^a,b,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING; BLEEDING; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; INJURY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; WOUND INFECTION;

CYTOKINES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049090999     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819d9561     Document Type: Article

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