RESUMO
The 13th Evacuation Hospital, a National Guard unit, was deployed to the Persian Gulf Jan 11, 1991. We set up a 400-bed hospital and became fully functional 11 days before the ground war started. From Jan 11 to March 8, 1991, the hospital took care of 3,907 out-patients and admitted 435 patients. Approximately half the patients were admitted before the ground war began, while 88 of the 125 operations were performed after the ground war started. We admitted 61 patients for war-related injuries, and 28 required operations in our hospital. Since the ground war lasted only 100 hours, we took care of many more patients with non-war related injuries or illness. The various complaints and reasons for admission to the hospital are presented in detail.