Evaluation of military trauma system practices related to complications after injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

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

  Palm, Keith ^a   Apodaca, Amy ^a   Spencer, Debra ^a   Costanzo, George ^a   Bailey, Jeffrey ^a   Fortuna, Gerald ^b   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Spott, Mary Ann ^a   Eastridge, Brian J ^a  

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

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

complications; Military; outcomes; trauma system

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FASCIOTOMY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NECK INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ARM INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84871248496     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827548a9     Document Type: Article

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