The purpose of this paper is to describe a surgical data base that was constructed by the Naval Support Activity Hospital, Danang, which included all surgical admissions from January 1 to June 30, 1968. Variables included months of service in Vietnam, days on military operation, number of Purple Hearts, location at time of injury, wounding agent, casualty transit time, wound description, triage and operating room use, admission hematocrit, units of blood given, type of anesthesia administered, and disposition. This data base contains an extensive amount of clinical information and it describes a considerable part of the casualty experience.
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McCaughey et al. (1988) studied this question.