Intensive Care of Severely Wounded Military and Civilian Casualties in Zadar, Croatia
1994; Oxford University Press; Volume: 159; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/milmed/159.6.434
ISSN1930-613X
AutoresJasna Mlinarić, Nada Ninčević, Hela Peranić, D. Kostov, Danica Gnjatović, Milan Dominis, Ivana Tolić, Neven Mitrović, Julija Šerić,
Tópico(s)Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
ResumoFrom August 1, 1991, to May 30, 1992, 148 severely wounded military and civilian casualties with the injury severity score of 3 to 5 were treated in the intensive care unit of the Zadar General Hospital. There were 138 male and 10 female patients; their mean age was 32 years. There were 64 wounded civilians and 84 wounded soldiers. The average evacuation time was 3 hours. Twelve (8%) severely wounded persons died. The cause of death was craniocerebral injury in 7 patients (58%) and hemorrhage in 4 patients (33%). Complications following shock-like acute renal failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, coagulopathy, and hepathopathy developed in 18 wounded persons (12%).
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