Profound hypokalemia: Unusual presentation and management in a 12-year-old boy

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-160

  Garcia, Estevan ^a,c   Nakhleh, Nader ^b   Simmons, Donna ^a   Ramsay, Carl ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Hypokalemia

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUID THERAPY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RESUSCITATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAL SIGN;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 40949118532     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318166868e     Document Type: Article

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