Factors affecting mortality of pediatric trauma patients encountered in Kandahar, Afghanistan | Zendy

Dylan Pannell | Zendy; Jeffery A Poynter | Zendy; Paul W. Wales | Zendy; Homer Tien | Zendy; Avery B. Nathens | Zendy; David Shellington | Zendy

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Factors affecting mortality of pediatric trauma patients encountered in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Author(s) -

Dylan Pannell,

Jeffery A Poynter,

Paul W. Wales,

Homer Tien,

Avery B. Nathens,

David Shellington

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.017414

Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , injury severity score , population , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , medical emergency , environmental health , pathology

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit (R3-MMU) is a tertiary care trauma facility that receives casualties, both coalition and civilian, and provides humanitarian medical assistance when able to the Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. We examined the cohort of pediatric patients evaluated at the facility during a 16-month period to determine the characteristics and care requirements of this unique patient population.

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