Early predictors of myoglobinuria and acute renal failure following electrical injury

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 783-789

  Rosen, Carlo L ^a   Adler, Jonathan N ^a   Rabban, Joseph T ^b   Sethi, Rajiv K ^c   Arkoff, Lauren ^a   Blair, Jeffrey A ^a   Sheridan, Robert ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical injury; Myoglobinuria; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCUTION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOGLOBINURIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOGLOBINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033199430     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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