Acute compartment syndrome: Are we close to making an early diagnosis?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1962-1963

  Dincer, H Erhan ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute compartment syndrome; Diagnosis; Extremity; Infrared; Leg

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; LEG; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRITICAL CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 45149133404     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318176129c     Document Type: Editorial

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