Short emergency department length of stay attributed to full-body digital radiography - A review of 3 paediatric cases

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 613-614

  Koning, Lizanne ^a   Douglas, Tania S ^b   Pitcher, Richard ^a   van As, A B ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABRASION; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB PAIN; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ULNA FRACTURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746754678     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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