Control of traumatic wound bleeding by compression with a compact elastic adhesive dressing

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 644-647

  Naimer, Sody Abby ^a,b,d   Tanami, Menachem ^c   Malichi, Avishai ^c   Moryosef, David ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Goosh Katif Health Center   (Israel)

^d Health Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; COMPRESSION THERAPY; ELASTIC ADHESIVE DRESSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RANK SUM TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 33745948524     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.7.644     Document Type: Article

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