Challenges for rear hospital care of Wenchuan earthquake casualties: Experience from West China Hospital

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Shi, Ying Kang ^a   Wang, Lan Lan ^a   Lin, Yi Dan ^a   Pei, Fu Xing ^a   Kang, Yan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Crush syndrome; Earthquakes; Multiple organ failure; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHINA; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVOR; THORAX INJURY; VICTIM; WOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESCUE WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CRUSH SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESCUE WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927565439     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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