Correlation between serum creatinine kinase levels and extent of muscle damage in electrical burns

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 680-683

  Kopp, Jürgen ^a   Loos, Bernd ^a   Spilker, Gerald ^a   Horch, Raymund E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Creatinine kinase activity; Early fasciotomy; Extremity amputation; High voltage injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE INJURY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744348165     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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