Acid base and electrolyte disturbance in diarrhoea

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 60-62

  Shah, Gauri Shankar ^a   Das, B K ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Singh, M K ^a   Bhandari, G P ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Acid base status; Dehydration; Diarrhoea; Electrolytes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NEPAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 41949122492     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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