Tourniquets and occlusion: The pressure of design

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 578-587

  Wall, Piper L ^a   Duevel, David C ^b   Hassan, Mohamed B ^b   Welander, John D ^a   Sahr, Sheryl M ^a   Buising, Charisse M ^b  

^a IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TOURNIQUET; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877244756     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00490     Document Type: Article

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