Protocol-driven vs. physician-driven electrolyte replacement in adult critically ill patients

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-110

  Hijazi, Mohammed ^a   Al Ansari, Mariam ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICIAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 18744416613     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.105     Document Type: Article

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