Infections complicating the care of combat casualties during operations Iraqi freedom and enduring freedom

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Murray, Clinton K ^a,b   Wilkins, Kenneth ^b,c   Molter, Nancy C ^d   Li, Fang ^e   Yu, Lily ^e   Spott, Mary Ann ^d   Eastridge, Brian ^d   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^d   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a,b  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program   (United States)

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

^e US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Combat; Infection; Trauma registry; War

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD CELL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; TRANSFUSION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WAR; WOUND INFECTION;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79960429118     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182218c99     Document Type: Article

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