Association between hyperkalemia at critical care initiation and mortality

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1834-1842

  McMahon, Gearoid M ^a   Mendu, Mallika L ^a   Gibbons, Fiona K ^b   Christopher, Kenneth B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Mortality; Potassium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868193063     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2636-7     Document Type: Article

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