Lethal ventricular tachycardia triggered after femoral fracture repair in an obese man with insulin-resistant diabetes

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1587-1591

  Maeda, Hideyuki ^a   Uramatsu, Masashi ^a   Nakajima, Susumu ^b   Yoshida, Ken ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; High energy trauma; Hyperkalemia; Insulin resistant diabetes; Medical practice associated death; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84976604525     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1392-6     Document Type: Article

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