The epidemiology of noncompressible torso hemorrhage in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 830-834

  Stannard, Adam ^a   Morrison, Jonathan J ^a,b   Scott, Daniel J ^b,c   Ivatury, Rebecca A ^b   Ross, James D ^c   Rasmussen, Todd E ^b,c,d,e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b US Army Institute of Surgical Research   (United States)

^c Science and Technology Section ^*  (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Noncompressible torso hemorrhage; Vascular trauma; Wartime injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLEEDING; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONCOMPRESSIBLE TORSO HEMORRHAGE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SPLEEN INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSO; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84874872184     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827a3704     Document Type: Article

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