Postdischarge Cause-of-Death Analysis of Combat-Related Burn Patients.

"The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. No funding was received from the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense."

"The authors would like to recognize and thank the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center Registry staff for their assistance and use of data for this study. We thank members of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Office and Defense Suicide Prevention Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for their assistance with life or death determinations and cause-of-death results. We thank Ms. Katie Tyrell who served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the USAISR Burn Center and interacted with all the combat burn patients. Finally, a special thanks to Ms. Sue Walker for going above and beyond for her efforts in helping us to complete this study. This research was supported in part by an appointment to the Research Participation Program at the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and USAMRMC. The authors would like to recognize and thank the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center Registry staff for their assistance and use of data for this study. We thank members of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Office and Defense Suicide Prevention Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for their assistance with life or death determinations and cause-of-death results. We thank Ms. Katie Tyrell who served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the USAISR Burn Center and interacted with all the combat burn patients. Finally, a special thanks to Ms. Sue Walker for going above and beyond for her efforts in helping us to complete this study. This research was supported in part by an appointment to the Research Participation Program at the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and USAMRMC. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. No funding was received from the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense."