Relationship of muscle strength to potassium concentration in a hypokalaemic infant

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 525-527

  Reid, A W ^a,b   Anderson, B J ^a   Futter, M E ^a,b   Holford, N H G ^a,c  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Starship Children's Hospital

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood: hypokalaemia, infant

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESSURE;

EID: 0031424137     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500511     Document Type: Article

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