Near-drowning in the dead sea: A retrospective observational analysis of 69 patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 856-858

  Saidel Odes, Lisa R ^a   Almog, Yaniv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Hypercalcemia; Hypermagnesemia; Near drowning; Pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ELECTROLYTE; FUROSEMIDE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURESIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0348149207     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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