Managing frostbite

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7783, 2010, Pages 1151-1156

  Hallam, Marc James ^a   Cubison, Tania ^a   Dheansa, Baljit ^a   Imray, Chris ^b,c,d  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLEEDING; COLD INJURY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WARMING;

COLD TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTREMITIES; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; REWARMING;

EID: 78649608613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5864     Document Type: Review

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