Orthopedic trauma: Critical care nursing issues

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-71

  Bongiovanni, Michael S ^a,b   Bradley, Susan L ^a   Kelley, Dorothy M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Damage control; Fracture; Orthopedic trauma; Pelvic fracture; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG FRACTURE; LIMB FRACTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOTICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPLINT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 12944288135     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200501000-00006     Document Type: Review

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