Neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms during the first year after an electric shock: results of a prospective multicenter study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-418

  Bailey, Benoit ^a   Gaudreault, Pierre ^a   Thivierge, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41849108377     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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