Alcoholic liver cirrhosis complicated with torsade de pointes during plasma exchange and hemodiafiltration

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 564-568

  Nakasone, Hiroki ^a   Sugama, Richiko ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^a   Matayoshi, Ryoji ^a   Miyagi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Maeshiro, Tatsuji ^a   Yamashiro, Tsuyoshi ^a   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Hokama, Akira ^a   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Toda, Takayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver cirrhosis; Hypomagnesemia; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 17944382816     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350170061     Document Type: Article

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