A reviewof the first 10 years of critical care aeromedical transport during operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom: The importance of evacuation timing

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 807-813

  Ingalls, Nichole ^a   Zonies, David ^b   Bailey, Jeffrey A ^c   Martin, Kathleen D ^d   Iddins, Bart O ^e   Carlton, Paul K ^f   Hanseman, Dennis ^g   Branson, Richard ^g   Dorlac, Warren ^g   Johannigman, Jay ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Landsthul Regional Medical Center   (Germany)

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

^d LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^e Scott Air Force Base   (United States)

^f Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRAQ; IRAQI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; INJURY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR AMBULANCES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906656919     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.621     Document Type: Article

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