Life-threatening hypokalaemia associated with ibuprofeninduced renal tubular acidosis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 613-614

  Page, Colin B ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Foy, Aidan ^a   Downes, Michael A ^a   Whyte, Ian M ^a   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; IBUPROFEN; POTASSIUM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPIATE ADDICTION; WEAKNESS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; NOTE;

ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CODEINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; IBUPROFEN; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79958826564     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03123.x     Document Type: Letter

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