Life-threatening milk-alkali syndrome resulting from antacid ingestion during pregnancy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 350-351

  Gordon, Michael V ^a   Hamblin, P Shane ^a   McMahon, Lawrence P ^b  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METOPROLOL; PAMIDRONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 17144414069     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06735.x     Document Type: Article

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