The use of portable ultrasound devices in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature.

Objectives: To review the scientific literature pertaining to the use of hand-carried and hand-held ultrasound devices in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), with a focus on clinical applications, geographical areas of use, the impact on patient management and technical features of the devices used.

Methods: The electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar were searched. No language or date restrictions were applied.

A literature review of the military uses of silver-nylon dressings with emphasis on wartime operations.

Medical support of military operations involves treatment of massive soft tissue wounds, thermal burns, open fractures, blast injuries and traumatic amputations under conditions that are often austere and far from supply lines. Military hospitals, as recently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, are designed and equipped for stabilization and rapid transfer of injured patients back to their home nation. These austere facilities are often tasked with the emergency or long-term treatment of local populations when injured or burned, further stressing the medical resupply system.