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An Audit of Patients with Dog-bite Wounds Presenting to a Tertiary Level Hospital Emergency Department in South Africa

Background Dog-bite wounds are a common emergency department (ED) presentation, accounting for approximately 5% of traumatic wounds in the US. However, only 20-50% of patients actually present to the ED for medical attention following a dog-bite wound. Methods This was a transverse, retrospective au...

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Autores principales: Nkomo, Mzamo, Mahomed, Zeyn, Laher, Abdullah E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042530
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6558