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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...
Autores principales: | Nkomo, Mzamo, Mahomed, Zeyn, Laher, Abdullah E |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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