Current management of facial wounds in UK accident and emergency departments

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Allonby Neve, C Louise ^a,b   Okereke, C D ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dewsbury and District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial; Management; Soft tissue; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN V; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACIAL INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33644950442     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X94977     Document Type: Article

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