Electric injury, part III: Cardiac monitoring indications, the pregnant patient, and lightning

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-187

  Fish, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysrhythmia; Fetal; Lightning; Monitoring; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MORTALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034141302     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00190-0     Document Type: Article

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