One hundred ninety-five cases of high-voltage electric injury

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-340

  Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a   Jimenez Reyna, J F ^a   Barillo, David J ^a   Walker, Steven C ^a   McManus, Albert T ^a   Vaughan, George M ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC BURN; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOGLOBINURIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 23044503932     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000169893.25351.A9     Document Type: Review

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