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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
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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

Keywords

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

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