Lower extremity compartment syndrome resulting from a toddler's bed

Pediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1474-1475

  Haasbeek, Jeffrey F ^a,b  

^a Altru Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b Altru Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Safety; Toddler bed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FOOT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG DISEASE; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PES EQUINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0031772344     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.6.1474     Document Type: Article

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