Tourniquet pressures on pediatric patients: A clinical study

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1143-1147

  Lieberman, James R ^a   Staheli, Lynn T ^b   Dales, Mark C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030728601     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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