Acute hyperkalemia detected by alert from implantable cardioverter- defibrillator

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kuriachan, Vikas ^a   Tedrow, Usha ^a   Antman, Elliott ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

biomedical engineering; defibrillation ICD

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; CAPTOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOUT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NAUSEA; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL ALARMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866145402     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03471.x     Document Type: Article

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