Emergency department evaluation and treatment of hip and thigh injuries

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-66

  Rudman, Nate ^a   McIlmail, Daniel ^b  

^a CAPE COD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ANAMNESIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP INJURY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS FRACTURE; THIGH;

EID: 0033966767     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70107-3     Document Type: Article

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