BACKGROUND As the Global War on Terror progresses, the total health cost for treating wounded soldiers continues to rise. Although some reports have estimated the total cost of soldiers' health care, no study has attempted to rigorously quantify this amount. We sought to quantify the cost of providing health care to soldiers injured while on duty in a conflict area. METHODS Retrospective stud...

Background: During imposed war (1980-1988) Iraq frequently used chemical warfare particularly mustard gas. Skin is frequently involved in victims. Objective: Our main objective was to evaluate chronic skin manifestations due to exposure to mustard gas 10-19 years after exposure in a case-control study. Patients and Methods: 101 chemically wounded combators and 121 non-chemically wounded c...

a total of 1118 soldiers who were wounded in war and hospitalized in tehran, were examined for p .versicolor-a superficial mycotic infection. of these, 213 were war-wounded, 54 chemical (mustard) gas-wounded, 42 both war and chemical gas-wounded, 105 had infectious and noninfectious diseases, and 704 were apparently healthy soldiers serving in war fronts who were examined for p. versicolor and ...

this investigation determined that vitamin c intake of c.w. was higher than o.p. , s. c. and c. statistically, there was a significant difference between c.w. and c. blood ascorbic acid levels of o.p. and s.c. were lower than c.w. and c. , a significant difference was observed. urinary vitamin c in all groups was lower than controls and this indicates that even though vitamin c intake was high,...

BACKGROUND Most trauma patients visit the hospital via the emergency department. They are at high risk for tetanus infection because many trauma patients are wounded. Tetanus immunity in the Korean population has been revealed to be decreased in age groups over 20 years old. It is important for emergency physicians to vaccinate patients with the tetanus booster in wound management. METHODS Qu...

Introduction: Overcrowding in the Emergency Room (ER) is a worldwide phenomenon affecting healthcare professionals' ability to apply life-saving interventions critically wounded and sick patients. Implementing routine triage system allows early recognition treatment of critical conditions such as polytrauma, difficulty breathing, shock, altered mental status. Furthermore, prioritization patient...