Life threatening hypokalemia and quadriparesis in a patient with ureterosigmoidostomy

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 453-456

  Rafique, Muhammad ^a  

^a NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Guillain Barre syndrome; Hyperchloremic acidosis; Hypokalemia; Quadriparesis; Ureterosigmoidostomy

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; CITRATE POTASSIUM; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPISPADIAS; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; TACHYCARDIA; URETEROSIGMOIDOSTOMY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COLON, SIGMOID; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; URETEROSTOMY;

EID: 33847341676     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-0076-4     Document Type: Article

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