ECG manifestations of multiple electrolyte imbalance: Peaked T wave to P wave ("Tee-Pee Sign")

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-214

  Johri, Amer M ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a   Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a   Redfearn, Damian P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

"tee pee" sign; Multiple electrolyte imbalance

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSTYRENES; VOMITING; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 64949190801     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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