Hand and Wrist Injuries: Part II. Emergent Evaluation

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1949-1956

  Daniels II, James M ^a   Zook, Elvin G ^a   Lynch, James M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANAMNESIS; BITE; BLEEDING; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EVALUATION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJECTION; LACERATION; LIMB; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WRIST INJURY;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BITES, HUMAN; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TENDON INJURIES; TETANUS; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 1942437388     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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