High prevalence of hypokalemia in acute psychiatric inpatients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-265

  Lam, Marco Ho bun ^a   Chau, Steven Wai ho ^a   Wing, Yun kwok ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMANIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349176417     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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