Re-establishing Surgical Care at Port-au-Prince General Hospital, Haiti

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-130

  Peranteau, William H ^a   Havens, Joaquim M ^a   Harrington, Stella ^b   Gates, Jonathan D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; KETAMINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ARMY; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GANGRENE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; WOUND DRESSING;

EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77953692022     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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