Acute effects of MK63 stun device discharges in miniature swine

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Valentino, Daniel J ^a,b   Walter, Robert J ^a,b   Dennis, Andrew J ^a,b   Nagy, Kimberly ^a,b   Loor, Michele M ^a,b   Winners, Jerry ^a   Bokhari, Faran ^a,b   Wiley, Dorion ^a,b   Merchant, Azher ^b   Joseph, Kimberly ^a,b   Roberts, Roxanne ^a,b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; ELECTROLYTE; KETAMINE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PH; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMUSCULAR INCAPACITATION DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INJURY; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; LAW ENFORCEMENT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MINIPIG; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 39049119488     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.2.167     Document Type: Article

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