Vascular Trauma in Vietnam Battle Casualties

The crush syndrome in battle casualties.

O24: Management of Road Trauma Sufferers in Iran Accidents´ Casualties

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Trauma-related infections in battlefield casualties from Iraq.

OBJECTIVE To describe risks for, and microbiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns of, war trauma associated infections from Operation Iraqi Freedom. BACKGROUND : The invasion of Iraq resulted in casualties from high-velocity gunshot, shrapnel, and blunt trauma injuries as well as burns. Infectious complications of these unique war trauma injuries have not been described since the 1970s....

MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE IN COMBAT CASUALTIES AND TRAUMA VICTIMS SECONDARY TO ARTERIO-VISCERAL FISTULAS

Massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a known complication of advanced sepsis in trauma patients and carries a grave prognosis. However, to our knowledge, an important cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding, arterio-visceral fistula, has not been discussed in the literature. The most common cause of this unique clinical entity is penetrating high velocity abdominal injuries, altho...

Automated Decision-Support Technologies for Prehospital Care of Trauma Casualties

The military has long been interested in advanced decision-support capabilities for combat casualty care in which an automated computer algorithm processes available data and, through artificial intelligence, offers caregivers accurate information about the state of the casualty. However, two major obstacles have impeded these capabilities. First, routine vital signs have been speculated to be ...