RT Book, Section
A1 Park, Chan W.
A1 Juliano, Michael L.
A1 Woodhall, Dana
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181056824
T1 Wound Foreign Bodies
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181056824
RD 2024/04/19
AB All  foreign  bodies  can  become  a  nidus  for  infection;  reasonable  attempts  should  be  made  to  remove  them.  Radiographic  evaluation  or  ultrasound  (see  related  item  and  chapter)  may  assist  in  locating  foreign  bodies  not  directly  visualized.  Foreign  bodies  are  characterized  as  being  either  reactive  (eg,  organic  materials  such  as  wood,  bone,  and  soil)  or  nonreactive  (eg,  glass  and  metal).