Pharyngeal perforation secondary to electrical shock from a Taser gun

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 378-

  Al Jarabah, M ^a   Coulston, James ^a   Hewin, D ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMPHYSEMA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PERFORATION; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PHARYNX;

EID: 45149127858     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.056416     Document Type: Article

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