Cardiovascular gas on non-traumatic postmortem computed tomography (PMCT): The influence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Shiotani, Seiji ^a   Kohno, Mototsugu ^a   Ohashi, Noriyoshi ^a   Atake, Shigeru ^a   Yamazaki, Kentaro ^b   Nakayama, Hidetsugu ^a  

^a TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autopsy imaging; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Cardiovascular gas (CVG); Forensic radiology; Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD GAS; CARDIOVASCULAR GAS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTMORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASES; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22344453416     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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