Reducing the hospital stay of children younger than 4 years with a femoral shaft fracture by means of traction at home;Femurschachtfractuur bij kinderen jonger dan 4 jaar: Kortere ziekenhuisopname met behulp van tractie thuis

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1324-1327

  Schnater, J M ^a   Sleeboom, C ^b   Raaymakers, E L F B ^a   Ekkelkamp, S ^b   Aronson, D C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EDEMA; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRACTION THERAPY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032490297     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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