Effect of a computerized alert on the management of hypokalemia in hospitalized patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-204

  Paltiel, Ora ^a   Gordon, Lois ^a   Berg, David ^a   Israeli, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; ISRAEL; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037467713     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.2.200     Document Type: Article

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