How the cholera epidemic of 1831 resulted in a new technique for fluid resuscitation

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 316-318

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; CASTOR OIL; CHALK JULEP; CHLORATE; CRYSTALLOID DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; EMETIC AGENT; GUM ARABIC; INFUSION FLUID; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RHUBARB EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; SUGAR; SWEET SPIRIT OF NITRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANEMIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANNULA; CHOLERA; DOG; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SOLUTION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TETANUS; TUBE; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS CIRCULATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0037961152     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.4.316     Document Type: Review

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