Pediatric Surgical Care in a Dutch Military Hospital in Afghanistan
Abstract Background From August 2006–August 2010, as part of the ISAF mission, the Armed Forces of the Netherlands deployed a role 2 enhanced Medical Treatment Facility (R2E‐MTF) to Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Although from the principle doctrine not considered a primary task, care was delivered to civilians, including many children. Humanitarian aid accounted for a substantial part of the workload, necessitating medical, infrastructural, and logistical adaptations. Particularly pediatric care demanded specific expertise and equipment. In our pre‐deployment preparations this aspect had been... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | World Journal of Surgery ; volume 39, issue 10, page 2413-2421 ; ISSN 0364-2313 1432-2323 |
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Wiley
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27467703 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3136-z |