Occurrence of secondary insults of traumatic brain injury in patients transported by critical care air transport teams from Iraq/Afghanistan: 2003-2006

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Dukes, Susan F ^a   Bridges, Elizabeth ^b   Johantgen, Meg ^c  

^a United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR AMBULANCES; ANOXIA; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874968954     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00177     Document Type: Article

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