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J R Army Med Corps ; 162(5): 355-360, 2016 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26468431

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OBJECTIVES: Combat casualty care is a complex system involving multiple clinicians, medical interventions and casualty transfers. Improving the performance of this system requires examination of potential weaknesses. This study reviewed the cause and timing of death of casualties deemed to have died from their injuries after arriving at a medical treatment facility during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, in order to identify potential areas for improving outcomes. METHODS: This was a retrospective review of all casualties who reached medical treatment facilities alive, but subsequently died from injuries sustained during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. It included all deaths from start to completion of combat operations. The UK military joint theatre trauma registry was used to identify cases, and further data were collected from clinical notes, postmortem records and coroner's reports. RESULTS: There were 71 combat-related fatalities who survived to a medical treatment facility; 17 (24%) in Iraq and 54 (76%) in Afghanistan. Thirty eight (54%) died within the first 24 h. Thirty-three (47%) casualties died from isolated head injuries, a further 13 (18%) had unsurvivable head injuries but not in isolation. Haemorrhage following severe lower limb trauma, often in conjunction with abdominal and pelvic injuries, was the cause of a further 15 (21%) deaths. CONCLUSIONS: Severe head injury was the most common cause of death. Irrespective of available medical treatment, none of this group had salvageable injuries. Future emphasis should be placed in preventative strategies to protect the head against battlefield trauma.


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Traumatismos Abdominais/mortalidade , Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/mortalidade , Hemorragia/mortalidade , Militares , Traumatismo Múltiplo/mortalidade , Sistema de Registros , Guerra , Traumatismos Abdominais/complicações , Adolescente , Adulto , Campanha Afegã de 2001- , Extremidades/lesões , Feminino , Hemorragia/etiologia , Humanos , Guerra do Iraque 2003-2011 , Masculino , Traumatismo Múltiplo/complicações , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Tempo , Índices de Gravidade do Trauma , Reino Unido , Ferimentos e Lesões/complicações , Ferimentos e Lesões/mortalidade , Adulto Jovem
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