Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower

Shawn C. Nessen, Jennifer Gurney, Todd E. Rasmussen, Andrew P. Cap, Elizabeth Mann-Salinas, Tuan D. Le, Stacy Shackelford, Kyle N. Remick, Kevin S. Akers, Brian J. Eastridge, Donald Jenkins, Zsolt T. Stockinger, Clinton K. Murray, Kirby R. Gross, Jason Seery, Robert Mabry, John B. Holcomb

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Abstract

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Observational/retrospective/historic controls, level IV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)S4-S12
JournalJournal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Volume85
Issue number1S
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2018

Keywords

  • Afghanistan
  • Case fatality rate
  • Died of wounds
  • Iraq
  • Vietnam

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Surgery

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