Medical and DNBI admissions to the UK Role 3 field hospital in Iraq during Op TELIC

Bailey, M S; Davies, Gary; Freshwater, DA; Timperley, Andrew C.

doi:10.1136/jramc-2015-000567

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“…Comparing this with Iraq data medical cases varied from 63%–71% of admissions (8.3–45.8 cases per day) during 2003–2004 in Iraq4 5 to 20% of admissions (1.9 cases per day) during 2011–2013 in Afghanistan 6. Overall, 65% of medical admissions in Iraq2 and 71% of those in Afghanistan3 had an infectious cause (Table 1). In Iraq, 90% of medical admissions were discharged back to their units and 9% were medically evacuated overseas,2 whereas in Afghanistan, the equivalent figures were 72% discharged and 27% evacuated 6…”

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“…While media attention and published reports during recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have often focused on traumatic injuries, medical problems such as infectious diseases have remained a significant burden. DNBI accounted for 91% of British military admissions to the Role 3 field hospital during Op TELIC in Iraq and overall 19% of those deployed required admission for this reason 2. During Op HERRICK in Afghanistan, where evacuation from forward operating bases was more difficult, the equivalent figures were 71% of admissions and 9% of all those deployed 3.…”

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“…Overall, 65% of medical admissions in Iraq2 and 71% of those in Afghanistan3 had an infectious cause (Table 1). In Iraq, 90% of medical admissions were discharged back to their units and 9% were medically evacuated overseas,2 whereas in Afghanistan, the equivalent figures were 72% discharged and 27% evacuated 6…”

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“…In Op TELIC in Iraq, 91% of admissions to field hospitals were for disease and non-battle injury (DNBI);1 the equivalent figure for Op HERRICK in Afghanistan was 71% 2. Infectious gastroenteritis was responsible for a large proportion of these cases in both theatres; it was the most common cause of medical hospital admission in Afghanistan,3 where troop survey data showed that 40% of soldiers had at least one episode of diarrhoea during their deployment.…”

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Medical and DNBI admissions to the UK Role 3 field hospital in Iraq during Op TELIC

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UK Role 4 military infectious diseases and tropical medicine cases in 2005–2013

UK Role 4 military infectious diseases and tropical medicine cases in 2005–2013

Deployed military general internal physician’s toolkit: the recent past and near future

An outbreak inside an epidemic: managing an infectious disease outbreak while treating Ebola

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