Cast Care (cont.)
Medical Author:
Jennifer L Brown, MD, FACEP
Coauthor:
Richard S Krause, MD
Medical Editor:
Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEPDr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident. IN THIS ARTICLESynonyms and Keywordscast care, cast, casting, splint, plaster, fiberglass, immobilization, fracture management, broken bone, fractured bone, simple fracture, closed fracture, compound fracture, open fracture, stress fracture, pathologic fracture, stockinette, cast padding, Webril, plaster cast, fiberglass cast, compartment syndrome, cast sore, malunion, nonunion, delayed union, arthritis |
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