Prevention of posttraumatic hypoxaemia in isolated lower limb long bone fractures with a minimal prophylactic dose of corticosteroids

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-317

  Babalis, George A ^a   Yiannakopoulos, Christos K ^a,b   Karliaftis, Konstantinos ^a   Antonogiannakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Byzantiou 2   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FAT EMBOLISM; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1242315553     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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