Long-term outcomes of combat casualties sustaining penetrating traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1525-1530

  Weisbrod, Allison B ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos ^a   Bell, Randy ^a   Neal, Christopher ^a   Armonda, Rocco ^a   Dorlac, Warren ^b   Schreiber, Martin ^c   Dunne, James R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blast injury; head injury; military; Trauma; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84871191975     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318270e179     Document Type: Article

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