Epidemiology of moderate-to-severe penetrating versus closed traumatic brain injury in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6 SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages

  Orman, Jean A ^a,b   Geyer, Dennis ^c   Jones, John ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^e   Grafman, Jordan ^g,h   Pugh, Mary Jo ^b,d   Dubose, Joseph ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; military; Operation Enduring Freedom Iraqi Freedom; Operation New Dawn; Traumatic and penetrating brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLOSED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PENETRATING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871240760     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318275473c     Document Type: Article

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