Trauma care in a military hospital.

Infectious complications of noncombat trauma patients provided care at a military trauma center.

Infectious complications are reported frequently in combat trauma patients treated at military hospitals. Infections in 4566 noncombat related trauma patients treated at a military trauma center were retrospectively reviewed from 1/2003 to 5/2007 using registry data. Burns, penetrating, and blunt trauma accounted for 17%, 19%, and 64%, respectively; the median age was 38 and 22% were female. Pu...

Troponin as a Prognostic Factor of Brain Injury in Military Field Hospitals

Military-civilian collaboration in trauma care and the senior visiting surgeon program.

On June 14, 2006, the Institute of Medicine released a three-part report on the future of emergency care, underscoring the evolving crisis in access to urgent medical care in the United States.1 The clear threat of future terrorist activity and recent experience with natural disasters highlight the need to develop a comprehensive response system based on the integration of civilian and military...

Patients' Satisfaction with Services provided in a Military Hospital in 2019: A Cross-sectional Study

Background and Aim: An efficient health care system can only fulfill its mission of ensuring the health of the community through the provision of desirable services. Access to patientschr('39') points of view as a reliable source can be considered for evaluating health services. The purpose of this study was to determine patientschr('39') satisfaction with services provided in a Military Hospit...

Status of trauma care in U.S. Army hospitals.

OBJECTIVE This study documents the recent trends and current state of inpatient trauma care in U.S. Army hospitals. METHODS Inpatient trauma cases from Army hospitals worldwide from October 1988 through April 2001 were analyzed. Facilities included 3 Certified Trauma Centers (CTCs), 7 non-CTC Army Medical Centers, and 42 Army Community Hospitals. Logistic regression identified mortality risk ...