Lesión de la cabeza radial

La dislocación radial puede ser causada por halar repentinamente el brazo o mano de un niño. Como medida de primeros auxilios, se debe inmovilizar el brazo y llevar al niño al médico o a la sala de emergencias.

Revision

Last reviewed 4/12/2012 by Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.

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