A woman with increasing weakness of the legs and irregular heartbeat who took her husband's medication

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1698-1701

  Wolf, Gunter ^a,b   Stahl, Rolf A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Hyperkalaemia; Pacemaker; Potassium

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIGITOXIN; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MOXONIDINE; NADROPARIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; SALBUTAMOL; SOTALOL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; TASTE;

EID: 0036712018     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.9.1698     Document Type: Article

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