Noncardiogenic acute pulmonary edema due to severe hypoglycemia-an old but ignored cause

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 839.e3-839.e6

  Margulescu, Andrei D ^a,b   Sisu, Roxana C ^a,b   Cinteza, Mircea ^a,b   Vinereanu, Dragos ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b University and Emergency Hospital of Bucharest   (Romania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 50549086962     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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