Control of presacral hemorrhage after penetrating trauma: A new technique

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Dunn, Jonathan H ^a,e   Goldberg, Benjamin A ^a,b   Kim, Anthony ^c   An, Gary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Barrington Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PELVIS INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ANKLE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PELVIS; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34447308542     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3180341f3c     Document Type: Article

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