Differences in attitudes to analgesia in post-operative limb surgery put patients at risk of compartment syndrome

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-295

  Thonse, Raghuram ^a   Ashford, Robert U ^a   Williams, T Ian R ^a   Harrington, Paul ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1242338126     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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