Effect of Deployed Cardiothoracic Surgeons on Clinical Outcomes in U.S. Service Members with Thoracic Trauma in Operation Iraqi Freedom
A U.S. Air Force cardiothoracic surgeon was present at Balad for a large percentage of the time during OIF. The severity/distribution of patient injury and clinical outcomes appeared similar when a cardiothoracic surgeon was present/not present.
Authors
- Malcolm M. DeCamp
- Timothy M. Guenther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-4974)
- Michael J. Moulton
- Joshua D. Gustafson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2846-3685)
Institutions
- Brooke Army Medical Center (US)
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- David Grant USAF Medical Center (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf157
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense