The human bite injury: A clinical audit and discussion regarding the management of this alcohol fuelled phenomenon

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 455-458

  Henry, Francis P ^a,b   Purcell, Elizabeth M ^a   Eadie, Patricia A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; STEROID; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BITE; CELLULITIS; EAR INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TETANUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BITES, HUMAN; EAR; EMERGENCIES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIOLENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34447134768     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.045054     Document Type: Article

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