Anatomic distribution and mortality of arterial injury in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with comparison to a civilian benchmark

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 728-736

  Markov, Nickolay P ^a   Dubose, Joseph J ^b   Scott, Daniel ^a   Propper, Brandon W ^a   Clouse, W Darrin ^a   Thompson, Billy ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Air Force Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness and Skills C STARS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPRESSIBLE ARTERIAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; INJURY SCALE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONCOMPRESSIBLE ARTERIAL INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; VEIN INJURY; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ARTERIES; BENCHMARKING; BLAST INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865269450     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.02.048     Document Type: Article

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