Selected recent publications:

• Svoboda SJ, Owens BD, Gooden HA, Melvin ML, Baer DG, Wenke JC. Irrigation with potable water versus normal saline in a contaminated musculoskeletal wound model.
  J Trauma. 2008 May;64(5):1357-9.
• Walters TJ, Kragh JF, Baer DG. Influence of fiber-type composition on recovery from tourniquet-induced skeletal muscle ischemia-reperfusion injury. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2008 Apr;33(2):272-81.
• Kragh JF Jr, Walters TJ, Baer DG, Fox CJ, Wade CE, Salinas J, Holcomb JB.
  Practical use of emergency tourniquets to stop bleeding in major limb trauma.
  J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2 Suppl):S38-49; discussion S49-50.
• Beekley AC, Sebesta JA, Blackbourne LH, Herbert GS, Kauvar DS, Baer DG, Walters TJ, Mullenix PS, Holcomb JB; 31st Combat Support Hospital Research Group.
  Prehospital tourniquet use in Operation Iraqi Freedom: effect on hemorrhage control and outcomes. J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2 Suppl):S28-37; discussion S37.
• Hedman TL, Renz EM, Richard RL, Quick CD, Dewey WS, Barillo DJ, Cancio LC, Baer DG, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB.Incidence and severity of combat hand burns after All Army Activity message. J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2 Suppl):S169-72; discussion S172-3.
• Walters TJ, Kragh JF, Kauvar DS, Baer DG. The combined influence of hemorrhage and tourniquet application on the recovery of muscle function in rats. J Orthop Trauma. 2008 Jan;22(1):47-51.
• Klemcke HG, Baer DG, Pankratz VS, Cox A, Cortez DS, Garrett MR, Joe B, Ryan KL.
  Is survival time after hemorrhage a heritable, quantitative trait?: An initial assessment.
  Shock. 2007 Nov 1.
• Kauvar DS, Baer DG, Walters TJ. Influence of systemic hypotension on skeletal muscle ischemia-reperfusion injury after 4-hour tourniquet application. J Surg Educ. 2007 Sep-Oct;64(5):273-7.
• Walters TJ, Kauvar DS, Reeder J, Baer DG. Effect of reactive skin decontamination lotion on skin wound healing in laboratory rats. Mil Med. 2007 Mar;172(3):318-21.
• Kragh JF Jr, Baer DG, Walters TJ. Extended (16-hour) tourniquet application after combat wounds: a case report and review of the current literature. J Orthop Trauma. 2007 Apr;21(4):274-8.
  

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. David Baer
Phone: 210-916-4327
Email: david.baer@amedd.army.mil