Acute renal failure in four Comrades Marathon runners ingesting the same electrolyte supplement: Coincidence or causation?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 876-878

  Boulter, Jeremy ^a   Noakes, Timothy D ^b   Hew Butler, Tamara ^c  

^a Medical Team   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BESEMAX; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; DICLOFENAC; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORPHENADRINE CITRATE; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROLYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 82555182641     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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