Infectious complications of noncombat trauma patients provided care at a military trauma center

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Yun, Heather C ^a,b   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^c   Jones, John A ^c   Holcomb, John B ^d   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a,b   Wolf, Steven E ^b   Renz, M ^a,c   Murray, Clinton K ^a,b  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77953283408     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00098     Document Type: Article

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