Abnormal physiological conditions in acute schizophrenic patients on emergency admission: Dehydration, hypokalemia, leukocytosis and elevated serum muscle enzymes

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 180-188

  Hatta, Kolaro ^a   Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamashiro, Hisato ^a   Endo, Hirohisa ^a   Fujii, Senta ^a   Fukami, Goro ^a   Masui, Kanji ^a   Asukai, Nozomu ^c   Yonezawa, Yosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creatine phosphokinase; Dehydration; Emergency; Potassium; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CREATINE KINASE; MUSCLE ENZYME; POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME DEFECT; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 7844246177     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050036     Document Type: Article

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