Sine-wave pattern arrhythmia and sudden paralysis that result from severe hyperkalemia

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Pluijmen, Maurice J H M ^a,b   Hersbach, Ferry M R J ^a  

^a Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EMERGENCY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TACHYCARDIA;

BRADYCARDIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 34347335659     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.687202     Document Type: Article

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