Lightning injuries and acute renal failure: A review

Renal Failure

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Okafor, U V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Lightning injuries; Myoglobinuria; Review; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIGHTNING; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTIM;

DIURETICS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MYOGLOBINURIA;

EID: 15344340449     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-200048216     Document Type: Short Survey

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