Life-threatening hyperkalaemia and multisystem toxicity following first-time exposure to cocaine

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-200

  Elnenaei, Manal O ^a   Heneghen, Michael A ^b   Moniz, Caje ^a  

^a Denmark Hill   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; TROPONIN I;

ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESUSCITATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; T WAVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA;

EID: 84861512586     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011095     Document Type: Article

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