Immobilization hypercalcemia in critical illness following bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 871-873

  Alborzi, Farzin ^a   Leibowitz, Andrew B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Hypercalcemia; Immobilization; Intensive care unit; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

PAMIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIPHOSPHONATES; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036971448     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202320995736     Document Type: Article

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