An approach to the patient with severe hypokalaemia: The potassium quiz

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-316

  Groeneveld, J H M ^a   Sijpkens, Y W J ^a   Lin, S H ^b   Davids, M R ^c   Halperin, Mitchell L ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRIAMTERENE; UREA; VASOPRESSIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FATALITY; FLOW RATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSMOLALITY; PH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 17044365795     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci046     Document Type: Article

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