Six cases of sudden cardiac arrest in alcoholic ketoacidosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-117

  Yanagawa, Youichi ^a   Sakamoto, Toshihisa ^a   Okada, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic ketoacidosis; Pulseless electrical activity; Sudden cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MASSAGE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; KETOACIDOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38749106629     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0264     Document Type: Article

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