Cardiac arrhythmias, respiratory failure, and profound hypokalemia in a trauma patient

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 401-413

  Glauser, Jonathan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; POTASSIUM;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ACIDOSIS; ARRHYTHMIA; BARIUM; BLAST INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS;

EID: 0035350448     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.68.5.401     Document Type: Review

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