Comprehensive treatment for gas gangrene of the limbs in earthquakes

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3833-3839

  Wang, Yue ^a   Lu, Bo ^a   Hao, Peng ^a   Yan, Meng Ning ^b   Dai, Ke Rong ^b  

^a SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Gas gangrene; Limb

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CRACKLE; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FEVER; GAS GANGRENE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EARTHQUAKES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886894371     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20121279     Document Type: Article

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