Hypokalemia in Acutely Injured Children: A Benign Laboratory Abnormality

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-198

  MacDonald, James S ^a   Atkinson, Carole C ^a   Mooney, David P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; BOSTON; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0037242255     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200301000-00028     Document Type: Article

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