Preoperative serum potassium levels and perioperative outcomes in cardiac surgery patients

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2203-2210

  Wahr, Joyce A ^a,g   Parks, Reginald ^b   Boisvert, Denis ^b   Comunale, Mark ^c   Fabian, Judith ^d   Ramsay, James ^e   Mangano, Dennis T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Ischemia Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0033575135     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.23.2203     Document Type: Article

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