Hypercalcemia in the ED: Prevalence, etiology, and outcome

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-660

  Lindner, Gregor ^a   Felber, Rainer ^a   Schwarz, Christoph ^b   Marti, Grischa ^a   Leichtle, Alexander Benedikt ^a   Fiedler, Georg Martin ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Arampatzis, Spyridon ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISORIENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875449109     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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