Prolonged TASER use on exhausted humans does not worsen markers of acidosis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-418

  Ho, Jeffrey D ^a   Dawes, Donald M ^b   Bultman, Laura L ^e   Moscati, Ronald M ^c   Janchar, Timothy A ^d   Miner, James R ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lompoc District Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Meridian Park Hospital   (United States)

^e St Francis Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LACTIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; TROPONIN;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYALGIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEAPON;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSHOCK; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TROPONIN; WEAPONS;

EID: 62849122572     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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