Clinical characteristics and management of wound foreign bodies in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 918-922

  Levine, Matthew R ^a   Gorman, Stephen M ^a   Young, Christian F ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOOD; WOUND; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 52949135606     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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