Consensus statement on crush injury and crush syndrome

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Greaves, Ian ^a   Porter, Keith M ^a  

^a Royal College of Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crush syndrome; Natural disasters; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; MANNITOL;

AMPUTATION; ANALGESIA; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSH SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISASTER; DIURESIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TOURNIQUET; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WAR;

EID: 0346786218     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2003.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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