Prolonged QTc intervals on the electrocardiograms of hospitalized malnourished adults

Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 370-372

  Da Cunha, Daniel Ferreira ^a   De Carvalho Da Cunha, Selma Freire ^a   Ferreira, Tácio Pierre Sousa ^a   Sawan, Zahir Tannous Elias ^a   Da Silveira Rodrigues, Luciano ^a   Praia, Sylvio Pontes ^a   Silva Vergara, Mário León ^a  

^a Triangulo Mineiro Medical School   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Kwashiorkor; Marasmus; Protein energy malnutrition; QTc interval

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POTASSIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0034996517     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(01)00520-2     Document Type: Article

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