The Physiologic Effects of a Conducted Electrical Weapon in Swine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Esquivel, Amanda O ^a   Dawe, Elizabeth J ^b   Sala Mercado, Javier A ^b   Hammond, Robert L ^b   Bir, Cynthia A ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN I;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SHOCK; STERNUM; STINGER S 400; SWINE; THORAX; VASODILATATION;

ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROSHOCK; LACTATES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SWINE; TROPONIN I; VASODILATION;

EID: 35348950515     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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