The TURP syndrome: Importance of expiratory ethanol measurement and high serum levels of glycine

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 480-487

  Bartoloni, Alberto ^a   Gottin, Leonardo ^a   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,b   Capotosto, Cristina ^a   Malossini, Gianni ^a   Tallarigo, Carlos ^a   Finco, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expiratory ethanol measurement; Hyperglycinemia; Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP); TURP syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCINE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EXPIRED AIR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSMOLALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TURP SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHANOL; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SYNDROME; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 0034944496     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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