High-pressure water injection injury: Emergency presentation and management

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 324-327

  Subramaniam, Rathan M ^a   Clearwater, Gary M ^b  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High pressure; Injuries; Water injection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; TETANUS TOXOID; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOREARM; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; WATER;

EID: 0036740676     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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