A descriptive analysis of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of the 10th combat support Hospital deployed in Ibn Sina, Baghdad, Iraq, from October 19, 2005, to October 19, 2006

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Lundy, Jonathan B ^a   Swift, Christian B ^b   McFarland, Craig C ^a   Mahoney, Lt Col Peter ^c   Perkins, Robert M ^d   Holcomb, John B ^e  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Austere environment; Combat support hospital; Intensive and critical care

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAQ; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952687001     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066609359588     Document Type: Review

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