On the mechanism of the reduction in the ECG QRS amplitudes in patients with sepsis [1]

Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 166-168

  Madias, John E ^a,c   Bazaz, Raveen ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOPATHY; P WAVE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SODIUM CURRENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0038307406     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070674     Document Type: Letter

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