Acute respiratory failure due to hypokalaemic muscular paralysis from renal tubular acidosis

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 656-658

  Gombar, S ^a,b   Mathew, P J ^a   Gombar, K K ^a   D'Cruz, S ^a   Goyal, G ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Distal renal tubular acidosis: hypokalaemic paralysis; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 27544443164     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300517     Document Type: Article

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