Frostbite: Management options

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-175

  Roche Nagle, Graham ^a   Murphy, Deirdre ^a   Collins, Ann ^a   Sheehan, Stephen ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amputation; Frostbite; Gangrene

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; ILOPROST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; GANGRENE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

AMPUTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FROSTBITE; GANGRENE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS;

EID: 43149122689     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282bf6ed0     Document Type: Article

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