In more than a decade of war, numerous advancements have been made to improve overall
combat-related mortality. Battlefield case-fatality rates (CFRs) have declined steadily …

ABSTRACT Background The Joint Trauma System (JTS) is a DoD Center of Excellence for
Military Health System trauma care delivery and the DoD's reference body for trauma care in …

Importance Analysis of combat deaths provides invaluable epidemiologic and quality-
improvement data for trauma centers and is particularly important under rapidly evolving …

Introduction During recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, improved survivability in severe
trauma corresponded with a rise in the proportion of trauma-related infections, including …

Background: The contribution of multi-drug–resistant gram-negative bacilli infections
(MDRGN-I) in patients with trauma is not well described. We present characteristics of …

Infection is a major complication associated with combat-related injuries. Beside
immobilization, wound irrigation, surgical debridement and delayed coverage, post-injury …

Traumatic injuries cause 5.8 million deaths per year globally. Before the advent of
antibiotics, sepsis was considered almost inevitable after injury. Today infection continues to …

Abstract Introduction All Department of Defense (DoD) guidance documents recommend
cefazolin or clindamycin as post-trauma antibiotic prophylaxis for open soft-tissue injuries …

BACKGROUND We examined combat-related open extremity fracture infections as a
function of whether posttrauma antimicrobial prophylaxis included expanded Gram-negative …

In 2008, a clinical practice guideline (CPG) was developed for the prevention of infections
among combat casualties and was later revised in 2011. We evaluated utilization of …