Pediatric Surgical Care in a Dutch Military Hospital in Afghanistan

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 civili...

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Published in:World journal of surgery 2015-10, Vol.39 (10), p.2413-2421
Main Authors: Idenburg, Floris J., van Dongen, Thijs T. C. F., Tan, Edward C. T. H., Hamming, Jaap H., Leenen, Luke P. H., Hoencamp, Rigo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Surgery
Adolescent
Afghanistan - epidemiology
Altruism
Cardiac Surgery
Child
Child Health Services - organization & administration
Child Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Child, Preschool
Combat Supporting Hospital
Female
General Surgery
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Military - organization & administration
Hospitals, Military - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Local Health Care
Male
Medical Treatment Facility
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Military Medicine - methods
Netherlands
Original Scientific Report
Pediatric Advance Life Support
Pediatric Care
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Workload - statistics & numerical data
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - surgery
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Summary: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 undervalued. Because these experiences could be influential in future mission planning, we analyzed our data and compared them with international reports. Methods This is a retrospective, descriptive study. Using the hospital’s electronic database, all pediatric cases, defined as patients
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-015-3136-z