Metabolic alkalosis and myoclonus

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 933, 2003, Pages 414-415

  Simons, P ^a   Nadra, I ^b   McNally, P G ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; ENDOSCOPY; FLUID BALANCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ADULT; ALKALOSIS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; STREET DRUGS; VOMITING;

EID: 0041660572     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.933.414     Document Type: Article

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