Incidence and Epidemiology of Combat Injuries Sustained During “The Surge” Portion of Operation Iraqi Freedom by a U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team

Belmont, Philip J.; Goodman, Gens P.; Zacchilli, Michael A.; Posner, Matthew; Evans, Clifford; Owens, Brett D.

doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e3181bdcf95

Cited by 160 publications

(114 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

101

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Of the 12 DNBI categories, the most common category of DNBI was musculoskeletal (50% of all DNBI), followed by psychiatric (23%). The combat wounds cohort [20] as well as the nonpsychiatric DNBI cohort [21] was excluded from the remainder of this analysis. Of the 1324 DNBI casualties, 308 were given at least one psychiatric diagnosis, with several soldiers receiving more than one diagnosis.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Goodman

DeZee

Burks

et al. 2011

General Hospital Psychiatry

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Goodman

DeZee

Burks

et al. 2011

General Hospital Psychiatry

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Firstly, before the current report, most of the studies describing the patterns of combat casualties attempted to analyze the epidemiology and outcomes of battlefield injuries on mid-intensity conflicts; such as the Operation Iraqi Freedom 6,28 and Operation Enduring Freedom 5,7,13,29 . These previous reports shared the common goal of improving combat casualty care, focusing on injury prevention 8,30 and highlighted the importance of identifying those casualties lost on the battlefield 5 .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Description of combat casualty care statistics was performed. The definition of combat casualty care statistics was as follows 6,12 : Deaths that occur in combat, before reaching medical care were defined as killed in action (KIA), while soldiers who survived until arrival at the medical treatment facility (MTF) were defined as wounded in action (WIA). The WIA group was the sum of three sub-groups.…”

Section: Patientsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, war shatters lives, especially of those who are directly exposed to the deadly risks of the battlefield. Despite the many adverse effects of conflict, during the last decade, most epidemiological military research has been focused on describing the occurrence of combat injuries on the battlefield [5][6][7][8] . Furthermore, efforts have been made to develop interventions aimed to improve the survival of the wounded in combat 8,9 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Analysis of combat casualties admitted to the emergency department during the negotiation of the comprehensive Colombian process of peace

Ordóñez¹,

Manzano²,

Parra³

et al. 2017

Colomb Med

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Patients were subsequently divided into two groups: those seen before the declaration of the process of peace truce (November 2012) and those after (negotiation period). Variables were compared with respect to periods Results: A total of 448 hostile casualties were registered. There was a gradual decline in the number of admissions to the emergency department during the negotiation period. The number of soldiers suffering blast and rifle injuries also decreased over this period. In 2012 there were nearly 150 hostile casualties' admissions to the ER. This number decreased to 84, 63, 32 and 6 in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. Both, the proportion of patients with an ISS ≥9 and admitted to the intensive care unit were significantly higher in the period before peace negotiation. From August to December/2016 no admissions of war casualties were registered. Conclusion:We describe a series of soldiers wounded in combat that were admitted to the emergency department before and during the negotiation of the Colombian process of peace. Overall, we found a trend toward a decrease in the number of casualties admitted to the emergency department possibly in part, as a result of the period of peace negotiation. Article history:Received: 18 July 2017 Revised: 14 November 2017 Accepted: 20 December 2017 Keywords:Military personnel, wounds and injuries, critical care, critical care outcomes, warfare Palabras clave:Policia militar, heridas y lesiones, cuidado critico, resultados en cuidado critico, guerra Este número disminuyó a 84, 63, 32 y 6 en los años 2013, 2014, 2015 y 2016 respectivamente. La proporción de pacientes con un ISS ≥9 y la proporción de admitidos a la unidad de cuidado intensivo fueron significativamente mayores en el periodo antes de la negociación.Desde Agosto a Diciembre/2016 no se registraron admisiones. Conclusión:Este estudio describe una disminución gradual en el número de soldados heridos en combate admitidos al departamento de emergencia en un periodo de 6 años. Este fenómeno pudo deberse al periodo de negociación del proceso de paz.

show abstract

“…[9] Silah teknolojisindeki gelişimlerin, ateşli silah yaralanmasına bağlı ölümcüllüğü artırmış olmasına rağmen [10] hasar kontrol resüsitasyonu ilkelerindeki eş zamanlı geliştirilen strateji ve uygulamalar söz konusu ölümcüllüğü kabul edilebilir sınırlarda tutmayı başarmıştır. [3,11,12] O'Kelly ve ark.nın sekiz yıllık çalışmalarında 59 YKE silahla yaralanma olgusu bildirilmiştir. [13] Olgularının yaş ortalaması 26.64 olup bizim çalışmamıza benzer olgulardır.…”

Section: Bulgularunclassified

The relationship between Injury Severity Scores and transfusion requirements of 108 consecutive cases injured with high kinetic energy weapons: a tertiary center end-mode mortality analysis

Eryılmaz¹,

Tezel²,

Taş³

et al. 2014

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ÖZET AMAÇ: Çalışmamızda yüksek kinetik enerjili silahla yaralanmış olgulara ait ISS değerlerinin tıbbi müdahaleleri süresince gereksinim duyulan transfüzyon stratejileri ile ilişkisini ve son mod mortalite analizlerini gerçekleştirmeyi amaçladık. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM:Olgulara ait tıbbi veriler çalışmaya dahil edildi. Olguların demografik özellikleri, yüksek kinetik enerjili silah türü, yaralanma şiddet skorları (Injury Severity Score, ISS), transfüzyon strateji seçenekleri, transfüzyon gereksinimi olan ve olmayan olguların ISS değerleri açısından anlamlı bir korelasyon olup olmadığı analiz edildi. Hospitalizasyon sürecinde mortalite ile sonuçlanan olgulara ait nedenler ait değerlendirildi. BULGULAR:Yüz sekiz ardışık olgu çalışmaya dahil edildi. Yaş ortalaması 25 olan olguların biri dışında tamamı erkek idi. Olguların %64.8'inin uzun namlulu ateşli silahlar, %35.2'sinin patlayıcılar ile yaralandığı tespit edildi. Ortalama ISS değeri 13.9 saptandı. Transfüzyon uygulanan gruptaki olguların ISS değeri: 16 (median 5-48), uygulanmayan gruptaki olguların ISS değeri ise 9 (median 3-36) olarak saptandı. Hospitalizasyon sürecinde mortalite ile sonuçlanan üç olguya ait nedenler; SIRS, MODS ve sepsis açısından irdelendi. SONUÇ:Yüksek kinetik enerjili silah yaralılarında ISS değeri yükseldikçe olguların transfüzyon gereksinimleri arasında korelasyon bulunduğu, patlayıcılarla yaralananlarda ise bu gereksinimin ISS değerinden bağımsız olduğu tespit edildi.Anahtar sözcükler: Ateşli silah yaralanması; mortalite; transfüzyon; yaralanma hasar skoru.

show abstract

Incidence and Epidemiology of Combat Injuries Sustained During “The Surge” Portion of Operation Iraqi Freedom by a U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team

Cited by 160 publications

References 20 publications

Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders sustained by a U.S. Army brigade combat team during the Iraq War

Analysis of combat casualties admitted to the emergency department during the negotiation of the comprehensive Colombian process of peace

The relationship between Injury Severity Scores and transfusion requirements of 108 consecutive cases injured with high kinetic energy weapons: a tertiary center end-mode mortality analysis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About