Wrist tourniquet: The most patient-friendly way of bloodless hand surgery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 750-754

  Karalezli, Nazim ^a   Ogun, Cemíle Oztin ^a   Ogun, Tunç Cevat ^a   Yildirim, Serhat ^a   Tuncay, Ibrahim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand surgery; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAND SURGERY; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURNIQUET; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HAND; HEART RATE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; TOURNIQUETS; WRIST;

EID: 34147150522     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000249076.11239.96     Document Type: Article

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