Rescue and salvage of casualties suffering from the Crush syndrome after mass disasters

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 366-369

  Better, O S ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0032922217     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.5.366     Document Type: Article

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