Cardiac arrest during elective orthopedic surgery due to moderate hypokalemia

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-436

  Struck, Manuel F ^a   Nowak, Andreas ^a  

^a ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROLYTES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84859503462     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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