Electrical injuries

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Koumbourlis, Anastassios C ^a  

^a M S Child Hosp New York Presbyt ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

High and low voltage electrical injury; Lightening; Multiple system organ failure

Indexed keywords

ASYSTOLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEAD INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VICTIM;

EID: 0036860173     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200211001-00007     Document Type: Review

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