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Younger A, Kalla T, McEwen JA,
Inkpen K. "Survey of
tourniquet use in orthopaedic
foot and ankle surgery." Foot
and Ankle International,
26(3) (2005): 208-17.
Younger A, McEwen JA, Inkpen K.
"Wide contoured thigh cuffs
and automated limb occlusion
measurement allow lower
tourniquet pressures." Clinical
Orthopaedics and Related Research,
428 (2004): 286-93.
Kalla T, Younger A, McEwen JA,
Inkpen K. "Survey of
tourniquet use in podiatric
surgery." Journal of
Foot and Ankle Surgery,
42(2) (2003): 68-76.
McEwen JA, Kelly DL, Jardanowski
T, Inkpen K. "Tourniquet
safety in lower leg
applications." Orthopaedic
Nursing, 21(5) (2002):
55-62.
McEwen JA, Inkpen K.
"Tourniquet safety:
Preventing skin injuries." The
Surgical Technologist, 24(8)
(2002): 6-15.
McEwen JA, Inkpen K, Younger
A."Thigh tourniquet
safety." The Surgical
Technologist, 24(7) (2002):
9-18.
AORN "Recommended practices
for use of the pneumatic
tourniquet." AORN
Journal, (scheduled for publication in the AORN Journal in 2007).
Tredwell SJ, Wilmink M, Inkpen K,
McEwen JA. "Pediatric
tourniquets: Analysis of
cuff/limb interface and
guidelines for use." Journal
of Pediatric Orthopaedics,
21(5) (2001): 671-6.
Paris-Seeley NJ, McEwen JA,
Romilly DP. "A
compliance-independent pressure
transducer for biomedical
device-tissue interfaces." Biomedical
Instrumentation & Technology,
34(6) (2000): 423-31.
Henderson CL, Warriner CB, McEwen
JA, Merrick PM. "A North
American survey of intravenous
regional anesthesia." Anesthesia
and Analgesia, 85 (1997):
858-63.
McGraw RW, McEwen JA. "The
tourniquet". Chapter in
Unsatisfactory Results in Hand
Surgery. R. M. McFarlane, Ed.
Churchill Livingstone, New York
(1987), 5-13.
McEwen JA, Auchinleck GF.
"Advances in surgical
tourniquets." AORN
Journal, 36(5) (1982):
889-96.
McEwen JA. "Complications of
and improvements in pneumatic
tourniquets used in
surgery." Medical
Instrumentation, 15(4)
(1981): 253-7.
An Interesting Patent
Describing a Unique
Tourniquet-Related Safety
Improvement for IVRA (Bier Block
Anesthesia)
McEwen, JA, et al.,. United
States Patent No. 5,855,589,
January 5, 1999,
"Physiologic Tourniquet for
Intravenous Regional
Anesthesia."
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