Rhabdomyolysis and oliguric renal failure after use of TASER®: Is It really safe?

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages E337-E339

  Gross, Erica R ^a,b   Porterieko, Joseph ^a,b   Joseph, D'andrea ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; LACTIC ACID; LORAZEPAM; NITROGEN; SODIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; UREA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL LINE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOMUTILATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECK INJURY; OLIGURIC RENAL FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; COMPLICATION; ELECTRIC INJURY; FATALITY; OLIGURIA; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPON INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGURIA; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 84894600179     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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