Reducing Risk in Emergency Department Wound Management

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-201

  Pfaff, James A ^a,b   Moore, Gregory P ^c,d  

^a San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Emergency Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LACERATION; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MONEY; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33947729656     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2007.01.009     Document Type: Review

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