Exhibit 274 ยท Peer-reviewed study
Use of Combat Casualty Care Data to Assess the US Military Trauma System During the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts, 2001-2017
CFR decreased in Afghanistan (20.0% to 8.6%) and Iraq (20.4% to 10.1%) from early stages to later stages of the conflicts.
Analysis of 56,763 battle casualties: case-fatality rate fell in Afghanistan from 20.0 to 8.6 percent and in Iraq from 20.4 to 10.1 percent; tourniquets, transfusion and transport times accounted for 44.2 percent of the estimated mortality reduction.
- Source
- JAMA Surgery (Howard JT and others)
- Date
- 2019
- Quoted from
- Abstract, Results
- Grade
- Peer-reviewed
- Document
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0151
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit