Hypophosphataemia at a large academic hospital in South Africa

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1104-1107

  Hoffmann, M ^a,c   Zemlin, A E ^a   Meyer, W P ^b   Erasmus, R T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PathCare Laboratories   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFEEDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 53649087280     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.054940     Document Type: Article

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