Principles of Basic Wound Evaluation and Management in the Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-39

  DeBoard, Ryan H ^a   Rondeau, Dawn F ^b   Kang, Christopher S ^a,c   Sabbaj, Alfredo ^b   McManus, John G ^d,e  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINE; TETRACAINE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ESTHETICS; FOREIGN BODY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LACERATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SKIN INJURY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 33947679771     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.12.001     Document Type: Review

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