Hyperbaric Oxygen as an Adjunctive Therapy for Bilateral Compartment Syndrome, Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure after Heroin Intake

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-562

  Abdullah, Mahdi S ^a   AL Waili, Noori S ^a   Butler, Glenn ^a   Baban, Nawras K ^a  

^a Mount Vernon Hospital USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Heroin; Hyperbaric oxygen; Renal failure; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BURNING FEET SYNDROME; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HEROIN; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 33646466519     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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