Survey of trauma registry data on tourniquet use in pediatric war casualties

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1361-1365

  Kragh, John F ^a,b   Cooper, Arthur ^c   Aden, James K ^a   Dubick, Michael A ^a   Baer, David G ^a   Wade, Charles E ^d   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a  

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

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

damage control; first aid; hemorrhage; resuscitation; shock

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ARM INJURIES; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LEG INJURIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; REGISTRIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TOURNIQUETS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84871624877     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318276c260     Document Type: Review

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