title: Intensive care of severely wounded military and civilian casualties in Zadar, Croatia.
abstract: From 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%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical Center, Zadar, Croatia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mlinarić
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nincević
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peranić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kostov
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gnjatović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dominis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tolić
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitrović
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D015996:Survival Rate; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality