Hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia in an oedematous diabetic patient with advanced renal failure

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2271-2273

  Chen, Chun Chi ^a   Chen, Chiou An ^a   Chau, Tom ^a   Lin, Shih Hua ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cation exchange resins; Hypernatraemia; Hypocalcaemia; Hypokaleamia; Hypomagnesaemia; Metabolic alkalosis

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CATION EXCHANGE RESIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; RAMIPRIL; SODIUM ION;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MAGNESIUM EXCRETION; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM EXCRETION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREMIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; ALKALOSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNESIUM; OBESITY; POLYSTYRENES; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 27144460661     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh843     Document Type: Article

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