Tourniquet use for civilian extremity trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-237

  Inaba, Kenji ^a   Siboni, Stefano ^a   Resnick, Shelby ^a   Zhu, Jay ^a   Wong, Monica Darlene ^a   Haltmeier, Tobias ^a   Benjamin, Elizabeth ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

shock control; Tourniquet; vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANGLED EXTREMITY SEVERITY SCORE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PH; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOURNIQUET; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGE; INJURIES; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; VASCULARIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938575815     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000747     Document Type: Article

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