Cardiovascular and Physiologic Effects of Conducted Electrical Weapon Discharge in Resting Adults

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 589-595

  Ho, Jeffrey D ^a   Miner, James R ^a   Lakireddy, Dhanunjaya R ^a   Bultman, Laura L ^a   Heegaard, William G ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conducted electrical weapon; electrocardiogram analysis; in custody death; serum analysis; TASER

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLIPIZIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LACTIC ACID; MYOGLOBIN; THYROXINE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUSTODY; DISABILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY INJURY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAPON;

ADULT; BICARBONATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROSHOCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOGLOBIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33646747618     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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