The early management of patients with multiple injuries: An evidence-based, practical guide for the orthopaedic surgeon

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-453

  Moran, C G ^a   Forward, D P ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LACTIC ACID; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CATHETERIZATION; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC HYPOTENSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; URETHRA INJURY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PELVIC BONES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETHRA;

EID: 84860439462     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B4.27786     Document Type: Review

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