Anesthesia Implications of Blast Injury

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 872-880

  Leissner, Kay B ^a   Ortega, Rafael ^a   Beattie, W Scott ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anesthesia; blast injury; disaster; explosion; lung injury; multiple casualties incident; terrorism; trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; ETOMIDATE; EXPLOSIVE; FENTANYL; POISON; PROPOFOL; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AIR EMBOLISM; ALKALINIZATION; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLAST INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BURN; CANDIDIASIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPLOSION; FLUID THERAPY; FRACTURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; LUNG INJURY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; TERRORISM; THERMAL INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA; BLAST INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LUNG; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 33751331928     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.01.020     Document Type: Review

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