Clinical profile of musculoskeletal injuries associated with the 2008 wenchuan earthquake in China;Çin'deki 2008 wenchuan depreminde olan kas iskelet yaralanmalarnn klinik profile

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-507

  Dai, Zhen Yu ^a   Li, Yue ^b   Lu, Min Peng ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Jiang, Dian Ming ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Departments of Clinical Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Injury; Injury profile; Musculoskeletal injury

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRUSH SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEBRIDEMENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NERVE INJURY; OBTURATOR NERVE; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RADIAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETON TRACTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CHINA; CRUSH SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649778253     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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