Quantifying delays in the recognition and management of acute compartment syndrome

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-30

  Vaillancourt, Christian ^a   Shrier, Ian ^a   Falk, Markus ^b   Rossignol, Michel ^a   Vernec, Alan ^a   Somogyi, Dan ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Inova Q Inc   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndromes; Ischemia; Necrosis; Time factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244374307     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350000511X     Document Type: Article

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