Emergency treatment and early fluid resuscitation following electrical injuries

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 137-141

  Colic M ^a,b   Ristic L ^a   Jovanovic M ^a  

^a Clinic for Burns Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (Serbia)

^b NONE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Electrical injuries; Fasciotomy; Fluid replacement; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MYOGLOBINURIA; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0030451324     PISSN: 03230414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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