Severe hyponatremia in hospitalised adults at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 180-182

  Farooqui, M A ^a   Ahmed, S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRRITABILITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PNEUMONIA; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 39049133954     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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