Surgical response to multiple casualty incidents following single explosive events

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Propper, Brandon W ^b   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,b,d   Davidson, Scott B ^c,d   Vandenberg, Sheri L ^c   Clouse, W Darrin ^a,b,d   Burkhardt, Gabe E ^b   Gifford, Shaun M ^b   Johannigman, Jay A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Explosive devices; Mass casualty; Transfusion; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOMB; BRAIN INJURY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; IRAQ; LIMB INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPLOSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS DISASTER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

BLAST INJURIES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 68949092426     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181ae34a2     Document Type: Article

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