Death by liquid nitrogen;Exitus letalis durch flussigen Stickstoff

Anasthesiologie Intensivmedizin Notfallmedizin Schmerztherapie

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 522-525

  Saur, Petra ^a   Kazmaier, S ^a   Wighton, C Kernbach ^a   Panzer, W ^a   Kettler, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident; Asphyxia; Frostbite; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN; NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; COLD INJURY; FATALITY; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NITROGEN; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0031202907     PISSN: 09392661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995105     Document Type: Article

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