title: Medical care of women deployed during Desert Storm.
abstract: The Desert Shield/Desert Storm troop deployment included record numbers of women and highlighted the vacuum of planning and information regarding medical care for women deployed to a theater of war. I review the retrievable literature from that conflict and discuss the data regarding resource management and clinical significance. The literature and my observations as an active-duty female gynecologist are presented to prompt a thorough systemwide evaluation of medical wartime readiness in light of the changing demographics of the military force.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Md, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lyon
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006295:Health Resources; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East; D008889:Military Personnel; D014857:Warfare; D014932:Women's Health Services