Early pulsatile lavage for the decontamination of combat wounds: Historical review and point proposal

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 844-846

  Keblish, David J ^a   DeMaio, Marlene ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BATTLE INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HISTORY; LAVAGE; REVIEW; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0032408521     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.12.844     Document Type: Review

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