Outcomes of diarrhea management in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Brown, Jamey A ^a   Riddle, Mark S ^b   Putnam, Shannon D ^c   Schlett, Carey D ^d   Armstrong, Adam W ^d   Jones, James J ^e   Tribble, David R ^f   Sanders, John W ^g  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^e Troop Medical Clinic   (Qatar)

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

^g California   (Peru)

Author keywords

Empiric therapy; Middle East; Travelers' diarrhea; U.S. military

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; LOPERAMIDE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SOLDIER; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450228685     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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