Hypokalemia in a pediatric intensive care unit

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Singhi, S ^a   Marudkar, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Electrolyte imbalance; Electrolytes; Hypokalemia; Intensive care units; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE--CHANGES; HEMIC SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POTASSIUM ION LEVEL--CHANGES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; TREATMENT; YOUTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2842609344     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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