Comparison of pressures applied by digital tourniquets in the emergency department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-249

  Lahham, Shadi ^a   Tu, Khoa ^a   Ni, Mickey ^a   Tran, Viet ^a   Lotfipour, Shahram ^b   Anderson, Craig L ^b   Fox, J Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital tourniquets; Digits; Emergency; Finger; Hand; Hemostasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961223150     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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