Parenteral calcium for intensive care unit patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Forsythe, Raquel M ^a   Wessel, Charles B ^a   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Angus, Derek C ^b   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PLACEBO;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049097388     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006163.pub2     Document Type: Review

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