Hypocalcaemic laryngospasm in the emergency department

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Veelen, M J ^a   Visser, M F ^a   Baggen, M G A ^a   Dees, A ^a  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIUM; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENETICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79955427964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.11.2010.3555     Document Type: Article

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