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Comparison of Pressures Applied by Digital Tourniquets in the Emergency Department

BACKGROUND: Digital tourniquets used in the emergency department have been scrutinized due to complications associated with their use, including neurovascular injury secondary to excessive tourniquet pressure and digital ischemia caused by a forgotten tourniquet. To minimize these risks, a conspicuo...

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Autores principales: Lahham, Shadi, Tu, Khoa, Ni, Mickey, Tran, Viet, Lotfipour, Shahram, Anderson, Craig L., Fox, J Christian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691536