Electrical and lightning injuries

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-331

  Jain, S ^a   Bandi, V ^a  

^a BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; MAFENIDE ACETATE; MANNITOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; FLUID THERAPY; HEARING LOSS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TETANUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0032914634     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(05)70057-9     Document Type: Article

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