Arm Injuries - Complications
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A randomized clinical trial of ibuprofen versus acetaminophen with codeine for acute pediatric arm fracture pain.

17 Aug 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVE: We compare the treatment of pain in children with arm fractures by ibuprofen 10 mg/kg versus acetaminophen with codeine 1 mg/kg/dose (codeine component). METHODS: This was a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial of children ... Read more...

Heterotopic ossification in high-energy wartime extremity injuries: prevalence and risk factors.

29 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Heterotopic ossification in the extremities remains a common complication in the setting of high-energy wartime trauma, particularly in blast-injured amputees and in those in whom the definitive amputation was performed within the zone ... Read more...

[Pediatric complex regional pain syndrome affecting an upper limb: 7 cases and a brief review of the literature]

27 Feb 2009 OBJETIVES: To review the clinical, psychiatric, and social characteristics of complex regional pain syndrome in children and adolescents treated in the last 4 years at our pediatric pain clinic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We analyzed the specialty of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Arm Injuries - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The mangled extremity. 30 Oct 2009
• A randomized clinical trial of ibuprofen versus acetaminophen with codeine for acute pediatric arm fracture pain. 17 Aug 2009
• [Expert opinion--determining chronic disability with reference to limb valuation] 13 May 2009
• Heterotopic ossification in high-energy wartime extremity injuries: prevalence and risk factors. 29 Apr 2009
• [Primary pyomyositis in a postoperative recovery unit] 30 Mar 2009
• Adult-onset kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in a posttraumatic site. 30 Mar 2009
• Noninfectious subcutaneous emphysema of the upper extremity. 30 Mar 2009
• [Pediatric complex regional pain syndrome affecting an upper limb: 7 cases and a brief review of the literature] 27 Feb 2009
• Shotgun pellet embolus to the right heart from forearm entrance. 30 Jan 2009
• [Review of Volkmann's ischaemic contracture] 2 Jan 2009
• Recurrent dorsal compartment syndrome of the upper arm after blunt trauma. 29 Nov 2008
• Volume measurement using the Polhemus FastSCAN 3D laser scanning: a novel application for burns clinical research. 30 Oct 2008
• Newborn brachial plexus palsy. 30 Jul 2008
• Damage control resuscitation for vascular surgery in a combat support hospital. 29 Jun 2008
• The epidemiology of acute sports-related fractures in adults. 31 May 2008
• The incidence of peripheral nerve injury in extremity trauma. 29 Apr 2008
• Elbow arthrolysis in severely stiff elbows. 14 Apr 2008
• Prehospital tourniquet use in Operation Iraqi Freedom: effect on hemorrhage control and outcomes. 30 Jan 2008
• Osteomyelitis in military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. 30 Jan 2008
• Complications after fasciotomy revision and delayed compartment release in combat patients. 30 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Arm Injuries'

Definition: General or unspecified injuries involving the arm.

Descriptor UI: D001134

Alternative terms: Arm Injuries; Injuries, Arm; Arm Injury; Injury, Arm;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.088;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; consider also /inj with specific bones of arm; also available are FOREARM INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; FINGER INJURIES; WRIST INJURIES & many specific organ/fract precoords