Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 310-311 , August 2009

Conducted Electrical Weapon Injuries Must Be More Broadly Considered

  • Jared Strote, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • H. Range Hutson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

References 

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  2. Vilke GM, Sloane CM, Bouton KD, et al. Physiological effects of a conducted electrical weapon on human subjects. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;50:569–575
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  4. Lee BK, Vittinghoff E, Whiteman D, et al. Relation of taser (electrical stun gun) deployment to increase in in-custody sudden deaths. American Journal of Cardiology. 2009;In Press
  5. Koscove EM. Physiological effects of the taser. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52(1):85;author reply 85-86

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00269-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 310-311 , August 2009

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