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CASE CONFERENCES

Immediate Lower Extremity Tourniquet Application to Delay Onset of Reperfusion Injury after Prolonged Crush Injury

Daniel S. SchwartzCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Zach Weisner
, EMT-P &
Jehangir Badar
, MD
Pages 544-547 | Published online: 13 May 2015

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