A paper which changed clinical practice (slowly). Jacob Holler on potassium deficiency in diabetic acidosis (1946)

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 978-984

  Tattersall, Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Curzon House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of insulin therapy; Hypokalaemia; Ketoacidosis; Respiratory paralysis

Indexed keywords

CITRATE POTASSIUM; INSULIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WRITING;

DIABETIC COMA; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033382928     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00209.x     Document Type: Review

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