From profound hypokalemia to life-threatening hyperkalemia: A case of barium sulfide poisoning

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 548-551

  Sigue, Gerard ^a   Gamble, Lisa ^a   Pelitere, Margaret ^a   Venugopal, Sheela ^a   Arcement, Lee ^a   Rab, Tahseen S ^a   Thakur, Vashu ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CREATINE KINASE; HALOPERIDOL; MYOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0034723751     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.4.548     Document Type: Article

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