Early appropriate care: Definitive stabilization of femoral fractures within 24 hours of injury is safe in most patients with multiple injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Nahm, Nickolas J ^a   Como, John J ^a   Wilber, John H ^a   Vallier, Heather A ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nail; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; VENTILATOR;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960418947     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fc93a2     Document Type: Article

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