Fatal haemorrhage following a low-energy fracture of the pubic ramus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1275-1276

  Coupe, N J ^a   Patel, S N ^a   McVerry, S ^a   Wynn Jones, C H ^b  

^a City General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PAIN; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; SHOCK; URINE RETENTION;

ABDOMEN; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PUBIC BONE;

EID: 25844443535     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B9.16696     Document Type: Article

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