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Cohort R85: Trauma-necessitated Nephrectomy Print   Email


Title: Cohort R85: Trauma-necessitated Nephrectomy

Summary: A cohort of 364 enlisted army personnel who underwent a nephrectomy due to trauma during World War II.

References:
Narkun-Burgess DM, Nolan CR, Norman JE, Page WF, Miller PL, Meyer TW. Forty-Five Year Follow-Up After Uninephrectomy. Kidney Int. 1993;43:1110-1115.

Keywords: nephrectomy; uninephrectomy; kidney; World War II

Cohort Characteristics: 364 records 

Data item

Exposed

Military service number:

100% complete

Social security number:

63% complete

Full name:

100% complete

Race:

100% complete

White:

99%

Other:

1%

VA claim folder number:

90% complete

Date of birth:

44% complete

Mean year of birth:

     1920

Median year of birth:

     1921

Year of birth range:

  1906-1926

Vital status as of 1974-

 

Crude mortality:

     16%

Date of death:

100% complete

Underlying cause of death:

69% complete

Date of entry onto active duty:

23% complete

Date of release from active duty:

23% complete

Rank:

100% complete





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