Pregnancy tests with end-stage renal disease

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 609-613

  Fahy, Brenda G ^a   Gouzd, Valerie A ^a   Atallah, Joseph N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta human chorionic gonadotropin ( HCG); End stage renal disease; Preoperative evaluation; Serum pregnancy test

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CLONIDINE; METOPROLOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTORY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649100342     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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