Pitfalls in penetrating trauma

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-363

  Van Vugt, A B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LIMB INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 1542757200     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679444     Document Type: Review

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